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Putin sends troops to Russia's border with North Korea after China sends troops [truncated]
Daily Mail.com ^ | 20-April-2017 | Will Steward in Moscow

Posted on 04/20/2017 10:25:34 PM PDT by topher

Full Title: Putin sends troops to Russia's border with North Korea after China also sends soldiers to its boundary over fears Trump will attack Kim Jong-un, sparking a tidal wave of refugees

Vladimir Putin is sending troops and equipment to Russia's border with North Korea over fears the US is preparing to attack Kim Jong-un.

The Russian President fears there will be a huge exodus of North Korean refugees if his American counterpart, Donald Trump, launches military action against Pyongyang.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Russia
KEYWORDS: korea; nknukes; russia; russiantroops; trumpasia; trumprussia
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Sounds like Putin wants to support the North Korean dictator.

A mass exodus of refugees? If they leave North Korean, they might possibly be fed...

China has 150,000 troops on its borders. South Korean/US has quite a few troops on the DMZ border with North Korea (since Korean War).

Now Russia is moving troops to its borders with North Korea.

I certainly hope there not be any hunting accidents [ /sarcasm ]

1 posted on 04/20/2017 10:25:34 PM PDT by topher
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To: topher

This is shaping up like the Battle of Five Armies.


2 posted on 04/20/2017 10:39:03 PM PDT by Telepathic Intruder
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To: topher

As likely as anything, if North Korea does something stupid and is attacked, China and Russia are likely to do their best to not let anyone leave North Korea so they can keep it contained.


3 posted on 04/20/2017 10:39:47 PM PDT by Reno89519 (Drain the Swamp is not party specific. Lyn' Ted is still a liar, Good riddance to him.)
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To: topher

We haven’t had US troops on the DMZ for years.


4 posted on 04/20/2017 10:40:51 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: topher

I think neither Russia nor China care as much about keeping Kim in power as they do about keeping a modern, productive, westernized South Korea from expanding into the north to their borders. They like having a buffer zone more than they like North Korea per se.


5 posted on 04/20/2017 10:40:52 PM PDT by bigbob (People say believe half of what you see son and none of what you hear - M. Gaye)
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To: topher

There were never troop movements of this size before when NK sabre rattled.

Looks like some war is gonna go down on the Korean peninsula and soon.


6 posted on 04/20/2017 10:43:14 PM PDT by FreedomStar3028 (Somebody has to step forward and do what is right because it is right, otherwise no one will follow.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I thought that’s where our troops were. Or is that the part in between both halves of the country?

Does anyone inhabit it?


7 posted on 04/20/2017 10:48:53 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: Telepathic Intruder

It’s like Risk but with real people.


8 posted on 04/20/2017 10:49:29 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: topher

Putin may use stopping refugees as an excuse for moving troops there. Or that simply may be the reason.


9 posted on 04/20/2017 10:49:35 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners.,)
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To: dp0622
It’s like Risk but with real people.

So long as we've got Australia, the game is in our favor.

Right?

10 posted on 04/20/2017 10:51:15 PM PDT by Ciaphas Cain (The choice to be stupid is not a conviction I am obligated to respect.)
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To: dp0622

Yes, the DMZ is a narrow area between the two Koreas. No, the United States no longer has units on the DMZ. They are further back in support of the ROK units. The ROK Army has responsibility for the DMZ now. There may still be a few US soldiers in the Joint Security Area (JSA) where talks are held between the two sides.


11 posted on 04/20/2017 10:55:33 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet (You cannot invade the mainland US. There'd be a rifle behind every blade of grass.)
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To: Ciaphas Cain

We’ll always get 3 extra armies!!

I just looked at the map of Asia cause I didn’t even know Russia shared a border with NK.

Plus Mongolia is BIG, China is HUGE, and Russia is MEGA YUGE!

NK, SK and Japan are like small towns compared to those places.

Took nearly 49 years to get the strength up to look at a map :)


12 posted on 04/20/2017 10:57:38 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So generations of soldiers have been assigned there as if the war were frozen in time?

Kinda spooky.

Was it a war? Wasn’t it called a police action or something. Is it still a war?

I wonder if it’s the longest truce in history.


13 posted on 04/20/2017 11:04:45 PM PDT by dp0622 (The only thing an upper crust Conservative hates more than a liberal is a middle class conservative)
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To: dp0622

What interests me is that large river going from the sea near southwest NK to near Seoul. That could be an interesting vector of attack with fast moving troops or subs. Assumming of course that the river was deep and wide enough.


14 posted on 04/20/2017 11:08:30 PM PDT by justa-hairyape (The user name is sarcastic. Although at times it may not appear that way.)
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To: topher

They’re creating supply chains. Putin would love to supply NK with weapons and supplies to use against us. That’s partly why we need a WW3 like mentality if we’re going to go down this path. If the world won’t rally with us against NK and Iran and whoever else is aligned with them, we should consider other options IMO.


15 posted on 04/20/2017 11:12:41 PM PDT by RC one (The 2nd Amendment is a doomsday provision, one designed for those exceptionally rare circumstances)
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To: FreedomStar3028

Disinformation?


16 posted on 04/20/2017 11:12:48 PM PDT by Az Joe (Gloria in excelsis Deo)
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To: bigbob

China has no fear of a united Korea. In fact, it is in their interest that this happen since it will increase the business they do with both.

China’s overriding concern here is starving refugees which is why the troops were moved into position to block them.


17 posted on 04/20/2017 11:15:12 PM PDT by arrogantsob (Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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To: dp0622

I read the headline, and I’m going, wait, what? Yep, missed that North Korea extends to Russia, always had it in my mind that China had taken that territory during the Korean war for access to the east sea. Guess we can learn new things every day.


18 posted on 04/20/2017 11:18:27 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: RC one

A united Korea has a heck of a lot more value to Putin than Lil Kim & The Rock(ettes). Besides, Putin wants to sell weapons, not hand them out as welfare.


19 posted on 04/20/2017 11:20:13 PM PDT by kingu (Everything starts with slashing the size and scope of the federal government.)
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To: dp0622

It’s not a truce. It’s only a cease fire. By legal standards the war hasn’t ended.

CC


20 posted on 04/20/2017 11:22:35 PM PDT by Celtic Conservative (CC: purveyor of cryptic, snarky posts since December, 2000..)
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