Analysis: US carrier visit a dilemma for China

[illuzioN]

So glad India is in our side....

You guys will keep China in check while we defeat NK lol

 

[Nan Yang]

Please do not buy treasury bonds..it will save the Fed the need to print dollars to cheapen the dollar.

International waters are International waters...american ships will travel wherever they wish in International waters.

No. Not entirely true. There are a lot more about international waters that your media is not telling you.

 

[applesauce]

what i hear the most complaint about is if they cross/shoot into/near china's EEZ, according to the us EEZ's are open to others for passing through

 

[gambit]

As they say....... "North Korea is Best Korea"

Everything aside, I love the fact that North Korea does not give in to threats and doesn't give a damn what the rest of the world thinks about them. And the funny fact is that our sole superpower can't do a thing about it.

Wrong...The fact is that our sole superpower WILL NOT do anything about it. No one thought the US would take out Iraq. Do not confuse 'will not' with 'cannot'. Obama will not. Bush will.

 

[T-Rex]

There is nothing to proud when most of your citizens are living below poverty line and more than 50% of the GDP transferred to defence. They just playing to keep their power with the family..thats it

It seems to me that you're talking about mother india with its hungry population and a billion dollar arms purhase from uncle sam.

 

[T-Rex]

Wrong...The fact is that our sole superpower WILL NOT do anything about it. No one thought the US would take out Iraq. Do not confuse 'will not' with 'cannot'. Obama will not. Bush will.

Obama knows that it 'cannot' do anything so it 'will not' do anything other than making empty threats.

 

[TruthSeeker]

you never know this might turn out to be good target practice for the carrier killer missiles that China has been developing

China should test it's carrier killer missile on the George Washington. That would certainly wake up my countrymen to the menace that the PRC still represents.....

 

[Agnostic_Indian]

It seems to me that you're talking about mother india with its hungry population and a billion dollar arms purhase from uncle sam.

Keep india out of this.

 

[T-Rex]

Keep india out of this.

In that case, practice yourself what you preach to others!

 

[rockstarIN]

It seems to me that you're talking about mother india with its hungry population and a billion dollar arms purhase from uncle sam.

Stick to the topic and do not derail the thread.

 

[T-Rex]

Stick to the topic and do not derail the thread.

Practice yourself what you preach! Don't be so proud of being a hypocrite.

 

[rockstarIN]

^^ No use of talking to you.

 

[T-Rex]

^^ No use of talking to you.

It goes for you my friend. Now don't take it personally.

 

[rockstarIN]

US says joint S Korea war games 'not directed' at China

WASHINGTON (AFP): The United States sought Friday to reassure China over joint US-South Korean military exercises, with the Pentagon insisting the war games were "not directed" at Beijing.

The four-day exercises starting Sunday come in the wake of North Korea's artillery bombardment of a South Korean island, and will include a US aircraft carrier in a bid to deter the North.

"The Chinese government was informed of our intent to conduct this naval exercise in the areas west of the Korean Peninsula," said Pentagon spokesman Darryn James.

"It is important to point out that this exercise is not directed at China. As with previous exercises in this series, these operations are defensive in nature and designed to strengthen deterrence against North Korea," he said.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman told reporters on Thursday that Beijing had "concern" over the action, saying China opposes "any act that undermines peace and stability on the (Korean) peninsula."

Tensions in the region have escalated after North Korea shelled a South Korean island on Tuesday, killing at least four people, and prompting retaliatory fire from the South.

http://www.brahmand.com/news/US-says-joint-S-Korea-war-games-not-directed-at-China/5612/1/13.html

 

[rockstarIN]

North Korea warning over South Korea-US military drill

North Korea has vowed to hit back if its waters are violated during joint US-South Korean military exercises, the North's state-run news agency reports.

The warning came as residents of a South Korean island shelled on Tuesday by Pyongyang were briefly ordered to shelter in bunkers.

South Korea's Yonhap agency said the order was given after artillery fire was heard on Yeonpyeong Island.

Earlier, South Korea and the US began their exercises off Korea's coast.

Pyongyang has condemned the live bombing and firing drill - which is set to last four days - as a provocation.

The US says the exercises are intended to deter North Korea from launching further attacks on the South.

China has also expressed concern about military activity by foreign navies so close to its territory, and has warned the Americans not to stray too close.

Missiles deployed'
A South Korean marine looks at residents taking shelter in a bunker on Yeonpyeong Island The evacuation order on Yeonpyeong was lifted after about 40 minutes

"We will deliver a brutal military blow on any provocation which violates our territorial waters," the North's state-controlled KCNA news agency said.

The warning was expressed shortly after the US-South Korean drills began in the Yellow Sea, about 125km (77 miles) south of the disputed maritime border between the two Koreas, about 40km off the Korean coast.

Later on Sunday, the residents of Yeonpyeong Island were briefly ordered to evacuate the area and go to shelters. The order was lifted about 40 minutes later.

The reason for the alert remains unclear, but it came after artillery fire was reportedly heard on the island.

Most of some 1,700 residents on Yeonpyeong have already left the island, but some 20 people are still there.

Separately, Yonhap reported that Pyongyang had placed surface-to-surface missiles on launch pads in the Yellow Sea and also moved surface-to-air missiles to frontline areas.

So far there has been no independent confirmation of the report.

The BBC's Chris Hogg, in the South Korean capital Seoul, says military sources there say that planning for the war games began before North Korea's attack in which four South Koreans - two marines and two civilians - were killed.

But the sources add that the intensity of the live fire and bombing drills will now be stepped up.

The US aircraft carrier the USS George Washington and four other US navy vessels are being joined by South Korean destroyers, patrol vessels, frigates, support ships and anti-submarine aircraft.

The George Washington is likely to be stationed further south in international waters, but still technically within striking range of Chinese cities.

In an earlier statement, KCNA warned that "if the US brings its carrier to the West Sea of Korea (Yellow Sea), no-one can predict the ensuing consequences."
China's role

On Saturday, North Korea accused the South of using civilians as human shields on Yeonpyeong island.

The North's state media said the South was using the deaths of the two civilians for propaganda, in its words "creating the impression that the defenceless civilians were exposed to indiscriminate shelling from the North".

Pyongyang said it had been provoked by the South's military exercises, which were being carried out close to Yeonpyeong.

It said the North had sent a "telephone notice" on the morning of the shelling "to prevent the clash at the last moment" but the South continued its "provocation".

The US has called on China, North Korea's only ally, to increase its pressure on Pyongyang to prevent further incidents.

China has said its "top priority" is to keep the situation under control. Beijing has begun a series of talks in an attempt to ease the tension.

On Sunday, the Chinese state-run Xinhua news agency said that Choe Tae-Bok, the head of North Korea's parliament, would visit Beijing on Tuesday.

The announcement came as senior Chinese foreign policy adviser Dai Bingguo was holding talks in Seoul with South Korea's top officials.

Our correspondent says that Beijing now appears to be taking a more active role in dealing with the regional crisis.

However, the top US military commander, Admiral Mike Mullen, said earlier he did not know "why China doesn't push harder" with Pyongyang.

In an interview with CNN due to be broadcast on Sunday but released as a transcript, Adm Mullen said Beijing appeared to mistakenly believe it could control North Korea's leader, Kim Jong-il.

"I'm not sure he is controllable," Adm Mullen said.