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Editorial says China should stay neutral if North Korea attacks 1st
Reuters ^ | AAUGUST 10, 2017 / 5:04 PM / 10 HOURS AGO | Reporting by Ben Blanchard; Editing by Lincoln Feast

Posted on 08/11/2017 3:57:17 AM PDT by Caipirabob

Drudge:"CHINA WARNS AMERICA: DON'T GO FIRST"

BEIJING (Reuters) - If North Korea launches an attack that threatens the United States then China should stay neutral, but if the United States attacks first and tries to overthrow North Korea's government China will stop them, a Chinese state-run newspaper said on Friday.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: allychina; chiahead; china; chinaneutrality; korea; nknukes; nkoutofcontrol; nkthreats; nukes; trumpasia
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To: Fai Mao

No, it is just kicking the can down the road.

It does nothing to prevent the NK from improving their missiles and nothing to prevent them from launching them against a US target. So it is not a win.


41 posted on 08/11/2017 6:15:43 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: Caipirabob
Free Traitors™ are you Americans or Globalists? You will have to decide soon....

The good news in all of this is when the first shot is fired between China/DPRK and the US/ROK/Japan then the disastrous 3 decade long "Free Trade"(misnomer) with the Chinks goes out the window! This will be great news for the US economy as factories will HAVE TO BE repatriated to the USA.

43 posted on 08/11/2017 6:30:04 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: Fai Mao
That's great exercise and even better for the soul.


44 posted on 08/11/2017 6:35:02 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: vooch

We have a ceasefire, not an armistice or treaty, idiot.


45 posted on 08/11/2017 6:36:40 AM PDT by txhurl
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To: Lee25

To China:

What happens if we stop our manufacturing in your country? All those iPhones, tablets, etc., down to every other electrical gadget and every cup & plate.


46 posted on 08/11/2017 7:04:21 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: vooch

Look it up yourself. Korean War. It was in all the papers.


47 posted on 08/11/2017 7:06:19 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: Caipirabob

The solution is to take out China first. NK would quickly surrender.


48 posted on 08/11/2017 8:27:12 AM PDT by aimhigh (1 John 3:23)
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To: vooch

Idiotic comment.

This maniac in North Korea continues to advance his nuclear research. Unless he is stopped now, H bombs with his name on it and Iran’s will be falling down all over America.

If the Chinese want a war to prevent us from ending our destruction at the hands of this lunatic, its there choice and their consequences. I just worry about where we will be getting our junk from once we are forced to incinerate China too.


49 posted on 08/11/2017 8:54:58 AM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Gay State Conservative

Yes we have the capability to shoot down those tests, but we also have the ability to assess in seconds the trajectory whereby we can determine where it’s going.

So knowing it’s a test why would we reveal tech we otherwise don’t need to.

By using it and other associated tech we would be revealing capabilities to China and Russia we might otherwise not need to.


50 posted on 08/11/2017 9:09:44 AM PDT by JP1201
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To: JP1201; Fai Mao; AppyPappy; be-baw
Yes we have the capability to shoot down those tests, but we also have the ability to assess in seconds the trajectory whereby we can determine where it’s going.

Assuming that you,and others,are correct to believe that we (and the Japanese) are capable of doing so I wonder if it wouldn't be wise to do so...at least once...to send several messages to the Norks and the Chinese.

Of course Japan would have good reason to do so because they would want to send a message to the Norks seperate from ours.

And yes,tracking the trajectory would make sense for several reasons.

But imagine us (or Japan) shooting down one of his missiles with video proof provided to all major news outlets worldwide.The result would be amazing!

51 posted on 08/11/2017 9:26:48 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (ObamaCare Works For Those Who Don't.)
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To: ZULU

maniac ?

LOL - you swallowed the neo-con talking points hook, line, and sinker.


52 posted on 08/11/2017 11:40:28 AM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: txhurl

when did congress declare war against North Korea ?


53 posted on 08/11/2017 11:42:57 AM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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To: Gay State Conservative

If we were dealing with an otherwise sane actor in NK I’d say yes. He would quickly read between the lines and stand down. But we’re dealing with a Godless psychopath who thinks he’s unstoppable.

We are going to have to take him, his top leadership and all is institutional memory out to solve this problem.

We know this. But if it can be done without revealing capabilities we’d rather not put on display unnecessarily.

After all that tech was built with a war with China or Russia in mind.


54 posted on 08/11/2017 11:44:58 AM PDT by JP1201
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To: vooch

I don’t know what you swallowed, but it must be powerful stuff.


55 posted on 08/11/2017 1:32:22 PM PDT by ZULU (DITCH MITCH!!! DUMP RYAN!! DROP DEAD MCCAIN!! KIM FATTY the THIRD = Kim Jung Un)
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To: Fai Mao

Sounds about right to me.


56 posted on 08/11/2017 1:35:21 PM PDT by Pelham (Liberate California. Deport Mexico Now)
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To: ZULU

nice comeback Zulu !


57 posted on 08/11/2017 1:51:39 PM PDT by vooch (America First Drain the Swamp)
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