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US won’t rule out military action if China establishes base in Solomon Islands
https://www.theguardian.com ^ | Kate Lyons | 25 Apr 2022

Posted on 04/26/2022 5:46:04 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

One of the most senior US officials in the Pacific has refused to rule out military action against Solomon Islands if it were to allow China to establish a military base there, saying that the security deal between the countries presented “potential regional security implications” for the US and other allies.

Ambassador Daniel Kritenbrink, assistant secretary of state for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, was part of a high-level US delegation to the Pacific country last week.

He said the US team, which also included the National Security Council coordinator for Indo-Pacific affairs, Kurt Campbell, had a 90-minute “constructive and candid” meeting with prime minister Manasseh Sogavare in which the US team detailed concerns about its recently signed security deal with China.

Temper tantrums and invasion threats over Solomon Islands deal with China will push Pacific allies away Read more “We wanted to outline for our friends in the Solomons, what our concerns are,” said Kritenbrink. “Prime minister Sogavare indicated that in the Solomon Islands’ view, the agreement they’ve concluded has solely domestic implications. But we’ve made clear that there are potential regional security implications of the agreement not just for ourselves, but for allies and partners across the region.”

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To: NorseViking

Have you been this wacked out and Anti American the whole time you’ve been here, or were you activated?


41 posted on 04/26/2022 6:47:42 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: McGruff

It’s been 3 months are you getting antsy waiting for the Chinese invasion?


42 posted on 04/26/2022 6:49:05 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Williams

Why is it anti-American? Being delusional on foreign policy is not pro-American. Not so long time ago Russia was like 90% pro-American. Guess what changed?


43 posted on 04/26/2022 6:49:49 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: cuz1961

To think of all the blood spilt ,

only to have another Asian overlord on your islands.

What were they thinking asking China for help ?

Maybe they need more shell bomb craters , rusting armament and unexploded ordinance.

SMDH.


44 posted on 04/26/2022 6:50:46 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: NorseViking

Putin.


45 posted on 04/26/2022 6:52:00 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Williams

LOL. I expected this simplistic answer and had to preempt it because it exactly expresses the delusions I was talking about. What exactly is wrong with Putin and why exactly to you think a guy like him emerged?


46 posted on 04/26/2022 6:53:51 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

This article is about China and the Pacific. Do you just generally want America destroyed by totalitarian enemies, or do you have a brain aneurysm that has you infatuated with Putin?


47 posted on 04/26/2022 6:58:18 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Williams

If you don’t want America to get destroyed then you should tell them to stop making enemies out of particularly friendly people.


48 posted on 04/26/2022 6:59:56 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

What peaceful country had NATO invaded? Ukraine was not going to invade Russia and neither would NATO. Russia is a nuclear power nobody is going to invade them.

China on the other openly threatens to invade Taiwan, has been battling India over their border for decades, continues to build man made islands to gain territory, has a dispute with the Philippines over islands etc. China is not a peaceful nation and once again has zero need for a base on the Solomon islands.

By the way all though I am no expert I spent several years working the Chinese mission as an Intel analyst so I do know a little about the China threat.


49 posted on 04/26/2022 7:01:32 PM PDT by 98charlie
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To: The Pack Knight

You are framing people in a bad light.

Do I like it that China is settimg up a base?

No.

But people everywhere, of all political stripes, say “So tbe U.S. has hundreds of bases but freaks out over this?”

Do I like China having this base? Again, no.

But I don’t want WW3 over a base? H to the no.

And Solomon Islands undoubtedly will tell the U.S. that they don’t own them.


50 posted on 04/26/2022 7:02:08 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: 98charlie

Yugoslavia, Libya to start with.
And if you think Ukraine is not a threat to Russia then you weren’t an intelligence analyst at all.


51 posted on 04/26/2022 7:03:14 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: NorseViking

I’m an American what filth country are you aligned with?
You want me to tell “them” (America) something?
I’d tell America to rearm and not to rest until Putin is dead and rotting.
Is that what you had in mind, punk?


52 posted on 04/26/2022 7:04:27 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: 98charlie

NATO bombed Libya, offensively, when Obomber got us into that mess over unproven allegations that Gaddafi was going to kill 10k of his own people.


53 posted on 04/26/2022 7:05:19 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Williams

LOL. It is getting funnier with each post. Did Putin bang your wife or what? I doubt if he can at this age.


54 posted on 04/26/2022 7:06:44 PM PDT by NorseViking
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To: Its All Over Except ...

I think some of you don’t identify as Americans. Libya, among other things, blew up an airliner full of Americans and others.

I don’t know how to tell you this subtly, but if you don’t understand that we have enemies and that they mean us harm, if you see moral equivalence with China, Russia, Libya, Syria- you have your head up your butt.


55 posted on 04/26/2022 7:10:51 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: Its All Over Except ...

Now you know what the Solomon Islands will tell us?


56 posted on 04/26/2022 7:11:48 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant)
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To: NorseViking

COMMUNIST CHINA KILLED 1 MILLION AMERICANS!


57 posted on 04/26/2022 7:20:38 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! S Matter)
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To: NorseViking

China is our number 1 foriegn enemy. They are the most evil country on the planet.


58 posted on 04/26/2022 7:22:29 PM PDT by cowboyusa (America Cowboy up! S Matter)
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To: Williams

Watch it with the personal attacks. Settle down and stop beimg overemotional as it’s clouding your judgment.

1.) You have to get rid of all hypocrisy for starters on global affairs for starters. Ambiguity isn’t the problem, hypocrisy is.

2 ) The desire for world empire or world control, even by America, is totalotarian in nature and is anti-American.

3.) You are supporting Obummer by supportimg his invasion and you try to justify his lie by pointing to an airliner being blown up.

4.) Supporting lies and a bombing and hypocrisy oover NATO’s no offensive wars charter because of sonethimg else leads to more of the same anf makes you a moral relativist. That’s not conservative.

5.) Your last lines in your post don’t justify your hodgepodge of excuses beforehand.

You are clearly not a true conservative. But have a good day, Obama defender.


59 posted on 04/26/2022 7:22:42 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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To: Williams

Their actions right now are pretty clear in what they’re telling us all.

Amd bad as it is you don’t get to tell Solomon Islands what to do either.

See ya around...


60 posted on 04/26/2022 7:25:23 PM PDT by Its All Over Except ...
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