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Title: Is China Planning a Surprise Missile Attack? (new neo-lib Cold War?)
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World Affairs
URL Source: http://www.worldaffairsjournal.org/ ... a_Surprise_Missile_Attach.html
Published: Sep 1, 2011
Author: Gordon G. Chang
Post Date: 2011-09-01 13:55:32 by Hondo68
Keywords: Sec of State Hillary Clinton, American spies in China, preemptive barrage of nukes
Views: 2359
Comments: 3
A retired Chinese general recently revealed that his country might be planning a surprise missile attack on the United States. The public comment of Xu Guangyu came in response to WikiLeaks revelations that last year Washington had warned its allies beforehand of China’s test of a missile interceptor. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, in a classified cable sent last January 9th, instructed American embassies in Australia, Britain, Canada, and New Zealand to notify those countries of upcoming Chinese launches two days later. The cable included details of the launch sites for the interceptor and the target, the models of the missiles, the purpose of the test, and the test date. Yesterday, Hong Kong’s South China Morning Post carried comments from Xu, now at the China Arms Control and Disarmament Association, to the effect that American satellites would have detected activity at the launch sites but that some of the information in the cables—specifically the types of missiles and the day of the test—must have come from a source on the ground. WikiLeaks’s release of this cable, revealing one or more American spies in China’s strategic missile corps, is perhaps the website’s most significant compromise of US security to date. The Hong Kong paper noted that Xu said that “if China could no longer keep secret its missile launches, it would not be able to launch a surprise attack on the US.” Is China really in the process of planning to destroy the American homeland with a preemptive barrage of nuclear-tipped missiles? Xu’s comment, of course, is not proof, but it does reveal that Chinese flag officers are thinking about doing so. Unfortunately, Xu’s hostile sentiment fits within a worrisome trend. Especially since the beginning of last year, there has been a series of belligerent comments from China’s generals, admirals, and colonels, some talking about war with the US in the near future. Last February, for instance, Colonel Meng Xianging said the People’s Liberation Army would “qualitatively upgrade” its capabilities to force a showdown on US policy toward Taiwan within the decade “when we’re strong enough for a hand-to-hand fight with the US.” Given the belicose statements coming from some of China’s military brass—along with China’s well-documented aggressive behavior in the South China Sea and other peripheral waters—it is difficult to imagine how Western observers can deny China’s intentions and the clashes that lie ahead. Thank you, General Xu.
Poster Comment: Hillary and hObama seem to be pumping up a new cold war, this time with China. They've put another propagandist on the payroll, a Chinese general.
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
Chinese businessmen in both Taiwan and mainland China like things the way they are.
It seems to me conservatives miss the good old days when we had air raid shelter drills. They even make up fake threats of a missile attacks from nations that trade with us and would not want to attack us just to remind them of the good old "duck and cover" days.
#3. To: Godwinson (#2)
I guess the War On Terror isn't good enough.
Top • Page Up • Full Thread • Page Down • Bottom/LatestLast February, for instance, Colonel Meng Xianging said the People’s Liberation Army would “qualitatively upgrade” its capabilities to force a showdown on US policy toward Taiwan within the decade “when we’re strong enough for a hand-to-hand fight with the US.”
#2. To: lucysmom, hondo68 (#1)
Replies to Comment # 2. They even make up fake threats of a missile attacks from nations that trade with us and would not want to attack us just to remind them of the good old "duck and cover" days.
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