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To: 2ndDivisionVet
There is no way in hell that Russia and the ChiComs are not secretly 100% behind what NK is doing. I suspect they are giving them their 'marching orders'. Perhaps they think now is the time to trigger WW3.

Russia and North Korea declare 2015 a ‘year of friendship’

“The biggest cause for concern is the growing military alliance between Russia and North Korea, with the two regimes recently announcing plans to conduct a series of joint army, navy and air force exercises this year.”

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/11463265/Russia-and-North-Korea-declare-2015-a-year-of-friendship.html

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Russia steps up North Korea support to constrain US

May 17, 2017

“Despite efforts by the United Nations to impose isolating sanctions on North Korea in response to the country’s continued development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles, trade between Russia and North Korea soared more than 85 percent in the first four months of the year.”

http://www.dw.com/en/russia-steps-up-north-korea-support-to-constrain-us/a-38867861

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From the Sino-Russian Joint Statement of April 23, 1997:
"The two sides [China and Russia] shall, in the spirit of partnership, strive to promote the multipolarization of the world and the establishment of a new international order."

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/HI29Ag01.html
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"Joint war games are a logical outcome of the Sino-Russian Friendship and Cooperation Treaty signed in 2001, and reflect the shared worldview and growing economic ties between the two Eastern Hemisphere giants."

http://www.heritage.org/research/commentary/2005/09/war-games-russia-china-grow-alliance

11 posted on 08/29/2017 7:21:45 PM PDT by ETL (See my FR Home page for a closer look at today's Communist/Anarchist protest groups)
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To: ETL
“Despite efforts by the United Nations to impose isolating sanctions on North Korea in response to the country’s continued development of nuclear weapons and intercontinental ballistic missiles, trade between Russia and North Korea soared more than 85 percent in the first four months of the year.”

Yeah, it is kind of hard to get Russia to go along with sanctions against North Korea when we are already sanctioning Russia for their support of Syria. Kinda shot that barrel already we did.
12 posted on 08/29/2017 7:26:50 PM PDT by Garth Tater (What's mine is mine.)
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To: ETL

WW-III began with Operation Masterdom
in Vietnam
on September 13, 1945


36 posted on 08/29/2017 9:18:16 PM PDT by ASA Vet (Make US Intelligence great again!)
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