Posted on 08/10/2017 7:25:26 PM PDT by Helicondelta
China didn’t warn us in a public letter in 1950 before joining the Norks in the fight. Far from it. But they did mass thousands of troops at the Yalu in the preceding weeks. You aren’t hearing about anything like that now. We’re not even hearing of Chinese aircraft making a display.
A public statement is designed to influence someone. It could be for internal Chinese consumption. What China does with their military is important, a press release isn’t. They are sharing their real concerns privately, not in some public statement. They may not want a unified Korea on their border.
China’s experience in the Korean War wasn’t a pleasant one. They managed to drive our army from the Yalu all the way down below Seoul before we rallied enough artillery and aircraft to stop them. And at that point they got slaughtered. Korea isn’t a lost province and we are capable of being vastly more lethal than in 1950. China doesn’t want a replay with what is now their major trading partner. Kim Jong-un may be a fool but they aren’t.
However, seems you agree with the poster, just no links supporting it...
It is not 1950...It is a completely different world and China is a completely different regime. I am not at all sure that the fact that they did not make a statement before joining Norks in 1950 is relevant.
Regarding your comment of massing thousands of troops at the Yalu in the preceding weeks in 1950 and not doing that now...
Uh, yes, actually I am hearing about that...Back in April it was all over the news...Pick your news service...What is the real purpose of the troops? That remains to be seen...Again, I will provide a link to support facts...seems like no one does that any more......
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4399076/China-deploys-150-000-troops-North-Korea-border.html
From the article:
The Chinese army has reportedly deployed 150,000 troops to the North Korean border to prepare for pre-emptive attacks after the United States dropped airstrikes on Syria.
President Donald Trump’s missile strike on Syria on Friday was widely interpreted as a warning to North Korea.
And now China, left shocked by the air strikes, has deployed medical and backup units from the People’s Liberation Army forces to the Yalu River, Korea’s Chosun.com reported.
The troops have been dispatched to handle North Korean refugees and ‘unforeseen circumstances’, such as the prospect of preemptive attacks on North Korea, the news agency said.
Those “unforeseen consequences” are what concern me...
~~They may not want a unified Korea on their border. I posted that in one of my excerpts from my links in my post to you...did you read them??? On that we agree.
Both US and China are more lethal now than in 1950, and China has been very provocative in the region recently...I am not an expert, and I don’t think you or anyone else can state they will not get involved with any certainty...
That was and remains my point...
Exactly. It is top skill contortionism to see the media elite support our enemies over the President and, surely, the troops. Whom they PRETEND to support.
No the draft will ignore mental illness. What you wear bewtween your legs is what you will be in the draft. Women must be removed from harms way.
Good to hear..smile..
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