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Obama pledges Japan islands support as Asian tour begins [If you like your islands, keep them...]
BBC ^ | 4/23/14

Posted on 04/23/2014 1:54:35 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

US President Barack Obama has assured Japan that islands at the centre of its territorial dispute with China are covered by a bilateral defence treaty.

In an interview ahead of his Asian tour, Mr Obama said the US would oppose any attempt to undermine Japan's control over the islands.

(Excerpt) Read more at m.bbc.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Japan; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; japan; liar; obamafail; randsconcerntrolls; scarboroughshoal; secondthomasshoal; senkaku; senkakuislands; unreliable
Anyone who is a serious thinker on foreign affairs will chuckle at Obama's words.

Honestly, does ANYONE believe him anymore? I mean outside of the MSNBC studios.

1 posted on 04/23/2014 1:54:35 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper
..well...he already gave 7 arctic islands to Russia.

Obama's giveaway: Oil-rich islands to Russia - WorldNetDaily www.wnd.com/.../obamas-giveaway-oil-rich-islands-to-ru...‎ WorldNetDaily Feb 16, 2012 - Obama's State Department is giving away seven strategic, resource-laden Alaskan islands to the Russians. Yes, to the Putin regime in the ...

2 posted on 04/23/2014 2:02:51 AM PDT by spokeshave (OMG.......Schadenfreude overload is not covered under Obamacare :-()
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To: SoFloFreeper

I don’t think Obama is going to get much traction in Japan.


4 posted on 04/23/2014 2:26:58 AM PDT by Ronin (Dumb, dependent and Democrat is no way to go through life - Rep. L. Gohmert, Tex)
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To: spokeshave

That island thing has been proven as false ten times. Get over it.


5 posted on 04/23/2014 2:33:05 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SoFloFreeper

Has nothing to do with us. Any comments by Obama mean nothing.


6 posted on 04/23/2014 2:34:14 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SoFloFreeper

That does just about put the nail in the coffin on those nice little Japanese islands, doesn’t it?


7 posted on 04/23/2014 2:38:20 AM PDT by 9YearLurker
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To: SoFloFreeper

He ignored them when helping them would mean helping all. The 2011 earthquake tsunami and nuclear meltdown should have screamed for international help. Now the poison is still flowing into the pacific and japan remains independent and we will all pay for it.


8 posted on 04/23/2014 2:57:16 AM PDT by Vaquero (Don't pick a fight with an old guy. If he is too old to fight, he'll just kill you.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

LOL at the headline


9 posted on 04/23/2014 3:00:30 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: SoFloFreeper

When is he scheduled to take an up close look at Fukushima? Maybe we’ll see video of him playing with control rods with that goofy grin. Is Mooch on the Asian swing with him?


10 posted on 04/23/2014 3:27:29 AM PDT by Artie (We are surrounded by MORONS)
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To: SoFloFreeper
And we'll have new enemies by the time he finishes this tour. Whoopee!!

Are there any countries that are not our enemies. Even Canada is pi**** over the pipeline. Obama is batting 100!!

11 posted on 04/23/2014 3:41:22 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: SoFloFreeper

You know you are fighting a lost cause when Obama jumps on board and gives you a guarantee.


12 posted on 04/23/2014 4:44:25 AM PDT by Iron Munro (NSA reports Malaysia Flight 370 black box signals detected in Bermuda Triangle)
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Obama pledges Japan islands support as Asian tour begins

He offered to hold the knife when they commit seppuku?

13 posted on 04/23/2014 5:11:52 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Japan should be VERY AFRAID. Banana bammy just drew another red line.


14 posted on 04/23/2014 5:36:19 AM PDT by freeangel ( (free speech is only good until someone else doesn't like it)
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To: SoFloFreeper

How about the four Japanese islands that Stalin took in 1945 and the Russians refuse to give back? (The Soviets/Russians claim that they are part of the Kurile Island chain.)


15 posted on 04/23/2014 11:25:23 AM PDT by Verginius Rufus
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