Posted on 04/04/2014 8:22:30 PM PDT by kristinn
China should not doubt the U.S. commitment to defend its Asian allies and the prospect of economic retaliation should also discourage Beijing from using force to pursue territorial claims in Asia in the way Russia has in Crimea, a senior U.S. official said on Thursday.
Daniel Russel, President Barack Obama's diplomatic point man for East Asia, said it was difficult to determine what China's intentions might be, but Russia's annexation of Crimea had heightened concerns among U.S. allies in the region about the possibility of China using force to pursue its claims.
"The net effect is to put more pressure on China to demonstrate that it remains committed to the peaceful resolution of the problems," Russel, the U.S. assistant secretary of state for East Asia, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Russel said the retaliatory sanctions imposed on Russia by the United States, the European Union and others should have a "chilling effect on anyone in China who might contemplate the Crimea annexation as a model."
This was especially so given the extent of China's economic interdependence with the United States and its Asia neighbors, Russel said.
Russel said that while the United States did not take a position on rival territorial claims in East Asia, China should be in no doubt about Washington's resolve to defend its allies if necessary.
"The president of the United States and the Obama administration is firmly committed to honoring our defense commitments to our allies," he said.
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China is not going to do anything. EU/US is already in conflict with Russia. Let two lions fight and be the monkey on the rock watching. China will not do anything.
Listen Russia China you take what you want we will jump up and down, ok?
...China should be in no doubt about Washington’s resolve to defend its allies if necessary.
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Oh, I am sure they are just terrified.
I think we all agree Obama is seeding ideas.
Yeah China,
Obammy is going to draw a line in the sand.
OOOHHHHH you know what that means don’t ya?
Go ahead and invade freaken Japan or Taiwan cause the magic negro won’t do squat.
The distinction should be that Crimea voted to rejoin Russia and China would be taking over those disputed territories without a vote. Except the ignorant Obama administration declared that a vote by Crimeans was a hostile act by Russia. So the Obama administration can’t make that distinction without looking even more clueless.
Thanks kristinn.
This reminds me of when Neville Chamberlin issued a guarantee for Poland. Hitler scoffed and attacked Poland anyway. It is what happens when a leader is not respected or feared. It doesn’t matter if the leader is Chamberlin or 0bama, the results will be the same. I am afraid we are going to be in a bad time and the job for the next president is going to be gravely more difficult due to the actions of 0bama.
...yeah, ‘cause you don’t want sissy-boy Queen Putt to stamp his foot at you in a hissy fit. you see how he handled Vlad the Impaler.
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PDRChina leader type guy’s secretary: “The US says we better not do anything like what the Ruskies are doing to Crimea.”
PDRChina leader type guy: “Hey! Why didn’t we think of doing that earlier? Who can we pick up for cheap? Mongolia, Nepal... maybe add some Vietnam in that too?”
They may lie low for a while — the election in India begins in a few days and contines into May, and Narendra Modi looks like he’s going to win it. They’ll lay off anything provocative to avoid giving him a boost at the polls.
What I said is true. Sad to say.
Chiang would have thrown today’s KMT in prison for what they’ve done.
Not sure where your coming from.
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