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Carrier to avoid drill in Yellow Sea(Obama caves)
JoongAng Daily ^ | 08/21/10

Posted on 08/22/2010 5:39:42 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster

Carrier to avoid drill in Yellow Sea

August 21, 2010

The U.S.S. George Washington, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, will not take part in the second of a series of the combined military drills between South Korea and the United States following the Cheonan sinking, the UN Command said yesterday.

An initial plan to mobilize the 97,000-ton aircraft career in the drill, scheduled to be held in the Yellow Sea early next month, drew strong protest from China, leading some to worry about a physical confrontation between the world’s superpowers.

“The George Washington is not scheduled to participate in this ASW [anti-submarine warfare] exercise,” the UN Command said in a statement.

The UN Command added that the George Washington will be mobilized for future exercises and operate in the waters off the Korean Peninsula, but did not specify the Yellow Sea, suggesting it will be kept out of the waters near China.

The first combined drill following the Cheonan sinking, dubbed “Invincible Spirit,” and held between July 25-28, involved the George Washington, but only in the East Sea after a hostile Chinese response to a ASW drill in the Yellow Sea.

Asked why the plan to dispatch the George Washington to the Yellow Sea was changed, an official from the UN Command said, “Nothing had been decided about it, so it is not a change.”

The official stressed that the drill is defensive by nature and is designed to send a message of deterrence to North Korea.

Local analysts such as Lee Nae-young, an international relations professor at Korea University, said China's response obviously affected the decision.

Beijing reacted angrily to the planned Yellow Sea drill by Seoul and Washington, with the People's Liberation Army Daily warning of a physical response in an editorial last week.

“If someone harms me, I must harm them,” the editorial warned.

Many observers, however, said the U.S. decision not to send the George Washington was not a fear of China but a strategic choice.

“The U.S. has several issues in which it needs cooperation from China such as sanctioning Iran and pushing North Korea toward denuclearization,” said Jun Byoung-kon, a China expert at the Korea Institute for National Unification.

Said Lee Tai-hwan, a researcher at the Sejong Institute: “The U.S. appears to have judged that it is better to avoid unnecessary misunderstanding.”


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2surrender2chicoms; 4thecommongood; china; goergewashington; navair; navalexercise; yellowsea
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I wonder if South Korea’s reluctance to back sanctions against Iran is playing a role here? I would think it very unlikely - in all probability, this is a concession to China - but not impossible. Obama has sent “tune up” messages to allies before, after all (enjoying those DVD’s Mr. Brown?).


41 posted on 08/22/2010 11:41:34 AM PDT by DemforBush (You might think that, *I* could not possibly comment.)
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To: Mouton

“even some pirates in row boats”

Seem to remember something about SEALS blowing some heads off. I forget who was CiC at the time...


42 posted on 08/22/2010 12:51:03 PM PDT by Eyes Unclouded ("The word bipartisan means some larger-than-usual deception is being carried out." -George Carlin)
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To: Vroomfondel; SC Swamp Fox; Fred Hayek; NY Attitude; P3_Acoustic; investigateworld; lowbuck; ...
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43 posted on 08/22/2010 1:04:04 PM PDT by magslinger (DISCLAIMER: No liberals were harmed in the making of this post. I'm sorry and will try harder.)
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To: KC_Lion
One day we will have a real presidnet that won't bend over backwards like Zero for his Communist Friends.

We had a President like that. We will again.

44 posted on 08/22/2010 1:17:45 PM PDT by magslinger (DISCLAIMER: No liberals were harmed in the making of this post. I'm sorry and will try harder.)
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To: magslinger

.................RIGHT ON!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring on Chris Christie!


45 posted on 08/22/2010 1:20:01 PM PDT by gathersnomoss
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To: TigerLikesRooster
Teaching the Chinese how to act like civilized human beings at the global level is going to be even harder than teaching the moslems. And we have a president who doesn't even know the lesson plan.
46 posted on 08/22/2010 4:34:44 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: wny
That's right. Treat them like a superpower, they will be happy to act like one.
47 posted on 08/22/2010 4:36:35 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Sawdring
Yes. "Cooperation" from China is a fricking pipe dream. Bush had them right early on when he said they are not partners, they are rivals. Another reason to miss Bush, if you will.
48 posted on 08/22/2010 4:49:03 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: traumer

Travels like a puffy!


49 posted on 08/22/2010 5:11:32 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama . fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: TigerLikesRooster

I think their(China) planning a war with us...


50 posted on 08/22/2010 5:35:21 PM PDT by Monorprise
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To: AdmSmith; Arthur Wildfire! March; Berosus; bigheadfred; blueyon; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; ...

Thanks TigerLikesRooster, no thanks Zero.


51 posted on 08/22/2010 7:24:03 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (Democratic Underground... matters are worse, as their latest fund drive has come up short...)
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To: TigerLikesRooster
[Art.] “The U.S. has several issues in which it needs cooperation from China such as sanctioning Iran and pushing North Korea toward denuclearization,” said Jun Byoung-kon, a China expert at the Korea Institute for National Unification.

Uhhh, yeah .... uh, I've been meaning to ask ......

How's that going for us?!!

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52 posted on 08/23/2010 4:24:37 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: hinckley buzzard
Teaching the Chinese how to act like civilized human beings at the global level is going to be even harder than teaching the moslems.

Erwin Rommel once said that learning is a lot easier than re-learning. Just ran across that one in my Patton biography last night.

53 posted on 08/23/2010 5:01:33 AM PDT by lentulusgracchus
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To: healy61
Obama gets a new name: Old Yellow Stains.

Appropriate that this takes place in the Yellow Sea.

54 posted on 08/23/2010 6:03:00 AM PDT by SloopJohnB (CONGRESS.SYS version 11.2010 available soon at a voting booth near you.)
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To: hinckley buzzard

“Teaching the Chinese how to act like civilized human beings at the global level is going to be even harder than teaching the moslems. And we have a president who doesn’t even know the lesson plan.”

If by “civilized human beings” you meant humble subordinates of the American empire, then I think it will be very difficult indeed. The Chinese doesn’t bow down to any nation.


55 posted on 08/23/2010 9:14:32 AM PDT by artaxerces
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To: artaxerces

They certainly don’t bow down to countries which, require huge loans on a regular basis and buy huge amounts of necessities from them, just to survive. Such countries are dependent upon them.


56 posted on 08/23/2010 12:42:52 PM PDT by veracious
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To: TigerLikesRooster
An initial plan to mobilize the 97,000-ton aircraft career in the drill, scheduled to be held in the Yellow Sea early next month, drew strong protest from China, leading some to worry about a physical confrontation between the world’s superpowers.

Good idea on our part; considering the SIZE of their Navy vs Ours!

57 posted on 08/23/2010 8:17:18 PM PDT by Elsie
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To: Will88

And when was it decided that China is now a ‘superpower’, and who decided it?

http://www.janes.com/news/defence/naval/


58 posted on 08/23/2010 8:18:42 PM PDT by Elsie
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To: TigerLikesRooster

“Carrier to avoid drill in Yellow Sea(Obama caves)”

As expected. Was there ever any doubt he would cave?


59 posted on 08/24/2010 1:58:28 AM PDT by jospehm20
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To: TigerLikesRooster
The official stressed that the drill is defensive by nature and is designed to send a message of deterrence to North Korea.

I think "deference", rather than "deterrence", would be more correct.

60 posted on 08/24/2010 2:41:13 AM PDT by snowsislander (In this election year, please ask your candidates if they support repeal of the 1968 GCA.)
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