Japan to Hold Military Exercises w/ USA in East China Sea!!!??

The Ministry of Defense in Japan suddenly announced that the Japanese military and the USA will hold military exercises in the East China Sea four days from now on Monday 1/17/11. Now, you know that these things are planned way in advance so I believe this is a calculated ploy to further antagonize our Eastern neighbors.


These come just after China protested vehemently about US carriers in the seas between the Yellow Sea and the East China Sea along with US/South Korean live fire military drills in the Yellow Sea within sight of North Korea!


How wonderful! The Japanese navy once again has warships in the East China Sea for the first time since 1945. The Japanese military claim that the exercises are "West" of Kyushu, but  west of Kyushu is South Korea and the Yellow Sea....


You just know that these clowns are going to get as close to the Yellow Sea as possible... Heck, they'll probably send planes over the Yellow Sea "as a precaution."


I'm sure this is going to piss off the Chinese and the North Koreans mightily. Why doesn't Japan reinstate the Nishoka and start blaring "Banzai" out of the loudspeakers on the ships to get better cinematic effect.

Nishoka. I'm sure this holds fond memories for the Chinese and Koreans!

Why does the USA do this? Why do they antagonize people constantly? Why is Japan getting involved with this? What kind of an idiot in the Japanese government would approve of military maneuvers outside of Japanese territorial waters using Japan's supposed "Self-Defence Force"? Are we defending Japanese territory in other nation's territorial waters?


This is madness.


Just a few weeks ago North and South Korea seemed to have been on the brink of war. China was very upset that US warships were streaming along the East China Sea within sight of China. Then, after things cooled down a bit, North Korea asked for unconditional talks. What a relief!... Well, you'd think so, except South Korea rejected talks under any condition.　


Gee, is someone pushing for war?


I won't go into how ballistic the USA would go if, say, Chinese ships sailed off San Diego within sight of US territory. Here's an excellent commentary about that by Eric Margolis here.

"West of Kyushu" is Korea. I'm sure the South Korean public finds this news enjoyable too!

But, after it seemed we dodged a bullet and avoided a war on the Korean peninsula, here's the USA ratcheting up tensions again and the idiot Japanese government is now getting involved. Talk about just plain stupidity and another huge drain on the economy.


On top of that, not one single English news Internet or print publication has reported this news. Japan Today and News on Japan along with Japan Times are useless. They are not doing their job.


I run a blog about marketing and I'm the first one to report this to the English speakers in Japan? Lame!


Global Research reports:

Tokyo: The Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force will hold drills in the East China Sea involving U.S. warships on Monday, the Japanese Defense Ministry said.

The USS Carl Vinson (CVN-70), a U.S. Navy Nimitz class supercarrier capable of carrying 90 fighter jets and helicopters, and U.S. destroyers will participate in the exercises, to be held to the west of the Kyushu island, the ministry said.

Japan's NHK TV channel has said the drills are aimed at deterring possible naval operations by North Korea and China.

Only two things I can say; This aggressive military posture is going to get us into a war that we do not need. And why isn't the English media in this country doing their job and reporting this crime?


We are being lead into disaster by militarists and a useless and docile media that no longer bothers to report what's going on.... Some stupid Japanese pop star marries an actor? Sure. Japan Today is all over that. Huge military drills off Korea and China? Yeah, we all gave up on Japan Times long ago... But, where is News on Japan or Japan Today now? Nowhere to be seen.


Hopeless.

Japan Needs to Kick the US Empire Out!

The title reads: Japan Needs to Kick the US Empire Out! Yes. We do. We need to before those meathead militarists get us stuck in another war.


When the shooting started the other week between North and South Korea, one of my best friends seemed to jump the gun and started to blame North Korea's Kim Jung Il. Like most people would.


But I smelled a rat. When you stop and think about it for a second you know that North Korea doesn't want a war with anyone. They can't win, and, if things escalate and get out of hand, they could get blown back to the stone age.


No. The government wonks and Kim Jung Il's family all have it quite nice the way it is, thank you, there's no way they will be rocking the boat unless they are really being pushed. Why in the world would Kim Jung Il and the higher ups in the North Korean government risk their jobs or worse? 


Everyone knows what happened to Saddam Hussein.


No, I suspect (I'm sure) the responsibility for this North Korea and South Korea mess lies squarely on the shoulders of the USA.


The USA needs to prop up the failing dollar; a war is good for that. 


The USA needs to make a presence near China to stir up tensions; a war in Korea is good for that.


Ron Paul spoke about those two subjects here.

Here is an article that spells it all out pretty well and how the USA and South Korea are, for political and economic purposes, swatting a hornet's nest. It is entitled "Spiralling Out of Control: The Risk of a New Korean War From Global Research:


By the end of December, South Korea plans to hold another round of artillery drills on islands lying in disputed waters, including, dismayingly enough, Yeonpyeong Island. Nothing could be calculated to be more provoking under the circumstances. In preparation for the response to the drills that are expected from North Korea, island defenses are being beefed up. South Korea has added multiple rocket launchers, howitzers, missile systems and advanced precision-guided artillery to the Yeonpyeong arsenal.


Now, today, another piece of the puzzle is reported: Japan needs to pay the USA another $2.2 billion dollars a year for imperial stormtroopers on Japanese soil. From Yahoo News:


Japan's government agreed Tuesday to continue contributing $2.2 billion a year toward the cost of stationing American troops in the country. Under the agreement with the United States, Japan's share will remain at the current 188 billion yen ($2.2 billion) through March 2016. The current pact expires next March. Japan had sought a cut in its payment during months of negotiations on the renewal because of economic woes. But officials agreed on no reduction after tensions on the Korean peninsula and worries over China's growing military might highlighted the U.S. military's role as a deterrent for security threats.


(Thanks to News on Japan)


Gee, they agreed on no reduction until after tensions on Korea simmer down? How convenient! And what incredible coincidence that South Korea and the USA were having war games earlier this year when this entire ruckus between North and South Korea started! Thank God for US advisors helping out the South Koreans as they shell North Korean disputed waters!





Japan needs a Japanese government who will stand up to the USA and kick the US troops out of this country. There is no benefit to US troops in Japan.


Our Asian neighbors do not negotiate with us as equals as long as US troops are here and the US keeps interfering in the domestic affairs of our neighbors.


As my friend, Andy "in Japan" so succinctly put it: 


"How about a small suggestion regarding Korea. Namely, why don't outsiders like the Japanese and American party bosses butt out and let the Koreans deal with this sad situation? It's clear to me that without USA government troops on the ground, peace would have broken out decades ago and the cruel dictatorship in the North would be more easily ended."


Wiser words were never spoken! It should be obvious to anyone who is not asleep at the wheel that the US empire is dying and they will do anything - even start wars - to protect their position. It's what dying empires do.  


It's way past time that Japan got back into the family of Asian nations and gets out of the aggressive militarist US empire. 


US troops out of Asia! End the US empire!

  

US Military Antagonizing China and North Korea

On Wednesday Nov.24, I wrote about how we didn't get the true story about the North Korean army firing upon a South Korean Island.


Now it seems that the intrigue has deepened. 


Business Insider posts:


China has warned against military activity near its coastline ahead of U.S.-Korea naval exercises, according to Reuters.

China's Foreign Ministry said in an online posting that naval exercises risks starting a war: "We oppose any military act by any party conducted in China's exclusive economic zone without approval."

North Korea has also threatened to respond to military gestures with more attacks: "The situation on the Korean peninsula is inching closer to the brink of war due to the reckless plan of those trigger-happy elements to stage again war exercises targeted against the (North)."

Now things are beginning to make sense. Why in the world is the US Imperial military machine antagonizing North Korea and China?


Or  is this all, as many have suggested, a way to prop up a failing US dollar?