Posted on 09/17/2012 4:56:32 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
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Another ally about to be thrown under the rickshaw.
First I have heard of this.
Sounds a lot like what’s happening in this country. Sending illegal aliens and union members to disrupt society.
We discussed this tactic a decade ago. Here it is.
Yeah.
Summon the Divine Wind..
China lays claim to the islets alleging that some Chinese guys "discovered" them in the 14th century.....and therefore they belong to the Chinese mainland. The Japanese aren't buying this story.
Actually, the reason for this tug-of-war between the two countries is that there is some credible reason to believe that there is oil under the islets....and this speculation has sparked all the sudden interest in the Senkaku area.
Leni
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/a-map-of-conflicts-in-the-south-and-east-china-seas
Appears to be about 73 similar conflicting claims to islands from India to Japan, Vietnam to Korea over the past 50 years, but China is involved in some 61 of them.
Plus good fishing. If the Japanese lose the Senkaku’s their exclusive economic zone shrinks considerably and that is food resources the Japanese need.
But, I think the Chinese are going to win this one. There is not a sufficiently strong consensus among the Japanese public to take on China at this time. Not militarily, not diplomatically, not economically.
But China is not going to get all its way. At a minimum the Noda government is going to fall. If it falls, the Diet may fall as well and a General Election will have to be held. If that happens, the LDP will be back in power and the hawks could very well be in total charge.
That means the Constitution gets revised and Article 9 will get thrown out. The militarist wing of the LDP and SDF will call for bigger budgets, more arms and possibly even nukes. They might even get them.
They will certainly get more ships and airplanes.
All in all, this has the potential to poison relations for decades. I hope both sides wake up and start toning things down soon.
But the thing that worries me most right now is what will happen if a Japanese citizen gets killed in the rioting going on across China. If that happens, things could really get out of hand.
Scary as hell, friend. Scary as hell.
The best thing Japan can hope for is a typhoon, they certainly won’t receive any help from the US as long as the 0bama regime is in power.
Chinese Spring roll.
China is looking for a clash
China is export dependent and exports are way down in the Great Recession. Their economic prowess is a hollow illusion and whipping up nationalist fervor is common among tyrannies when economies go bad,
Civilian shields on government-owned boats.
If China pushes too hard, we should embargo their exports.
So should we, for that matter.
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