China Makes Military Strike Threat Against South Korea Over THAAD Deployment
The hypocrisy is quite stunning from the Chinese government considering they are criticizing the ROK for the deployment of the THAAD system for being against Chinese security interests while completely ignoring ROK security interests. If it wasn’t for the Chinese backing of their client state North Korea that has allowed them to pursue missiles and nuclear weapons to threaten the ROK with the THAAD deployment would not be necessary:
As Korea speeds along with the deployment of the U.S.-led Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (Thaad) system by sealing a land deal with Lotte Group to acquire a golf course in Seongju County, North Gyeongsang, Beijing is threatening diplomatic, economic and possibly military retaliation.
Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang said through a press briefing Tuesday that Beijing is “firmly opposed to and strongly dissatisfied with the fact that” Seoul is working with Washington to accelerate the deployment process of a Thaad battery and “ignoring China’s interests and concerns.”
He added Beijing will “resolutely take necessary actions to safeguard its own security interests,” without specifying what measures it will take.
The Korean Ministry of National Defense earlier that day signed a deal with Lotte International, the operator of the Lotte Skyhill Seongju Country Club, to swap the golf course with government land in Namyangju, Gyeonggi. Lotte’s board of directors agreed on the land swap deal on Monday, after much delay. [Joong Ang Ilbo]
Here is where the Chinese threaten the ROK militarily:
Chinese military expert Song Zhongping, a former officer of the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Second Artillery Corps, told the state-affiliated Global Times Wednesday that once the Thaad system is deployed to Korea, “Seongju County will appear on the list of the PLA missile system’s strike targets.”
So is the Chinese threatening the ROK with a military strike in support of North Korea because that is what this system is in the ROK to defend against.
The Chinese are what they are Communist aggressors who support the dictator Kim Jong Un .They have backed and allowed North Korea to pursue and develop nuclear weapons. They have killed US and Soujth Koreans during the Korean conflict.they cannot and must not be trusted.
This is why the US need to allow South Korea to develop its own anti-nuclear nuclear weapons program. Then there would be no need for THAAD, as South Korea can now depend on the mutual destruction defense. This would also send a clear message to China as well.
It’s like all the bad guys allowed to have the nuke, but the person who is afraid of being attacked by criminal gangs, aren’t allowed to have anything to defend themselves with. It’s crazy.