China and North Korea

[Outlaw Yogi]

Australia could be drawn into a military conflict on the Korean peninsula under its alliance with the US

http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php? ... &aid=22195

US alliance commits Australia

Matthew Franklin

Australia could be drawn in to any military conflict on the Korean peninsula under its alliance with the US, the government has confirmed.

Foreign Minister Kevin Rudd said yesterday he was watching events on the Korean peninsula with "razor sharp" eyes, as South Korea and the US began war games in the wake of several instances of aggression from North Korea.
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Yesterday, amid reports of more artillery fire and the movement of missiles within North Korea, Mr Rudd used a television interview with the Nine Network to express deep concern about the developments and make clear Australia would have obligations to back the US and South Korea in any conflict.

He said the 1951 ANZUS Treaty set out that any attack on the territory of the signatories or on their armed forces within the Pacific area would require the allies to "act to meet the common danger", consistent with their constitutional processes. "That does not dictate an immediate course of military action but we need to be mindful of the fact that, when our forebears laid down this alliance, these considerations were taken into account."

Asked whether this meant that if the US went to war with North Korea, Australia would follow, Mr Rudd said he wanted to be "cautious and restrained" in his language. "Let's just ratchet this back a bit," he said. "There is a lot of instability on the Korean peninsula at the moment. I don't think any of us should be unnecessarily stoking it up.

"But I do simply state the obvious: that under our alliance with the United States, Article 4 of the ANZUS Treaty is clear about our requirements to act to meet the common danger and to do so consistent with our constitutional processes."
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The Australian asked Mr Rudd whether parliament would debate Australia's options in the event of a US call for military help. A spokeswoman for Mr Rudd declined to elaborate, saying "Australia would work with the international community to respond in a calm and measured way."

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According to the KCNA, a spokesman for the National Peace Committee of Korea said in the statement released Saturday that the recent moves of the US indicated that it was fully joining in Republic of Korea (ROK)'s moves for a war of aggression against the DPRK after "throwing away the disguise of a hypocrite".

It was clear that if the ROK army mobilized all flying corps, warships and missiles for a war against the DPRK and the US joined them with the latest weapons, it would develop into an all-out war, not a local war, he said.

There has to be some benefit to the Americans for them to even begin contemplating another war in this impoverished nation. The marines are battle weary and the Americans are broke, but obviously someone is going to benefit from this. Perhaps the profits of the arms' manufacturers are down this year.

[Outlaw Yogi]

The strategic benefit is the gradual encirclement of China with US bases gets a bit tighter.

[Outlaw Yogi]

China Moves Troops Into North Korea
http://www.salem-news.com/articles/janu ... rea-ta.php

The South Korean government confirmed reports on January 18, 2011 that China has stationed military forces in the special economic zone of Rajin-Sonbong.

It's a move on China's part that has seen U.S. and South Korean military experts rushing back to reprogram their war games scenario computers.

[Outlaw Yogi]

Was China’s Stealth Tech Made in America?
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/01 ... n-america/

... The destroyed F-117’s left wing, canopy and ejection seat — plus Zelko’s helmet — wound up in a Belgrade aviation museum, but most of the rest of the 15-ton jet was gathered up by farmers living around the crash site.

Twelve years later, some of those components may have finally surfaced — in the design of China’s new J-20 stealth fighter.

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According to the KCNA, a spokesman for the National Peace Committee of Korea said in the statement released Saturday that the recent moves of the US indicated that it was fully joining in Republic of Korea (ROK)'s moves for a war of aggression against the DPRK after "throwing away the disguise of a hypocrite".

It was clear that if the ROK army mobilized all flying corps, warships and missiles for a war against the DPRK and the US joined them with the latest weapons, it would develop into an all-out war, not a local war, he said.

There has to be some benefit to the Americans for them to even begin contemplating another war in this impoverished nation. The marines are battle weary and the Americans are broke, but obviously someone is going to benefit from this. Perhaps the profits of the arms' manufacturers are down this year.

I think it can be safely said that it is yet another proxy war... this time between China and the US. Better thought of as an escalation to the economic war.

[Outlaw Yogi]

N.Korea to run out of food in June
http://au.news.yahoo.com/world/a/-/worl ... aid-group/

... Samaritan's Purse, one of five US groups that visited North Korea in February, said that a harsh winter has reduced crop yield by up to half and that some people were already eating grass, leaves and tree bark.