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2011-04-02 China-Japan-Koreas

U.S. to Put Forces Under S. Korean Command in Emergency

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Posted by Steve White 2011-04-02 00:00|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Methinks this is only for select or certain types of contingencies.

* IIRC YONHAP > NORTH KOREA TELLS SOUTH KOREA TO "CHOOSE BETWEEN WAR, [versus]DIALOGUE"?

ARTIC = DPRK says the ROK must fully understand that they SOKOR are at a [decisve?]CROSSROADS???

Also from YONHAP > JAPAN REPEATS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS OVER DOKDO IN DIPLOMATIC REPORT.

* CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [2010 Chinese Defense "White Paper"] PRC POLICY PAPER POINTS TO KOREANS [Korean Peninsula]+ AMERICANS AS CHINA'S BIGGEST WORRIES. Plus also Afghanistan = read, Islamist threat to China + Central Asia.

ARTIC:
> Asia-Pacific deemed as remaing "highly volatile" as Major Powers increase their strategic investment + involvement in Regional security affairs.
> Growing US,Regional suspicions as per China's intentions, + resultant desire by Same to contain or isolate China AMAP ASAP ALAP.

* TELEGRAPH.UK > RUSSIA TO DEPLOY ARCTIC BRIGADE TO DEFEND OIL + GAS RESOURCES. "Special motorised INF BRIG" of roughly 8000 troops to be based on Pechenga on the Kola Peninsula near Russ-Norwegian-Finnish border.

* PEOPLE'S DAILY FORUM > PLA SOUTH FLEET [South China Seas Fleet] TO EXPAND CONSTRUCTION OF [Hainan] BASES.

* SAME > CHINA DRIVES DEVELOPMENT OF RUSSIA'S FAR EAST.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-02 00:38|| 2011-04-02 00:38|| Front Page Top

#2 BHARAT RAKSHAK > TOP ANALYST OUTLINES POSSIBILITY OF INDIA ABANDONING ITS "STRATEGIC RESTRAINT" DOCTRINE. Histor geopol "Strategic Defense" to switch to "Strategic Offense" in Regional, Global affairs, espec as per China + disputed territories, Pakistan, + International Trade Security.

ARTIC > Despite on-going debate, many in Indjuh's Govt. wanna "go for it".

* SAME >[Russia Diary]WIKILEAKS: "US WANTS TO USE INDIA [+ Japan] IN MISSLE SHIELD AGZ RUSSIA, CHINA".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2011-04-02 00:47|| 2011-04-02 00:47|| Front Page Top

#3 Technically Joe, they're put under tactical or operational 'direction'. Title 10 has no provisions for 'command and control' to be anything but an unbroken link between the private and the Commander in Chief.

Posted by Procopius2k 2011-04-02 08:55|| 2011-04-02 08:55|| Front Page Top

#4 Sounds like a major vote of confidence for "Mr. Dilly-Dally" Obama.

Truthfully, US forces in SKor probably have a lot more confidence in the SKor military command than they do in the WH.

"I know they're shooting at you, but he's only at the 11th hole. Can't you just not do anything for say, an hour?"

Posted by Anonymoose 2011-04-02 09:07|| 2011-04-02 09:07|| Front Page Top

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