South Korea Hesitant to Join U.S. to Pressure China
As long as the Moon administration is in power I don’t see South Korea getting tough on Chinese aggression in the region:
The United States is raising pressure on Korea to participate in its anti-China alliance, with Washington seeking unity with its allies against Beijing’s assertiveness in the region.
Korea has been reluctant to adopt the U.S.-led Indo-Pacific strategy, aimed at containing China, despite repeated calls from its biggest ally, because a stand against China would come at a large cost, given that it is Seoul’s largest trading partner.
Korea Times
On Tuesday, Adm. Philip Davidson, the commander of the U.S. Indo-Pacific Command, made a visit to Defense Minister Suh Wook and discussed the security situation on the Korean Peninsula, according to the Ministry of National Defense.
However, the meeting was seen as unusual given that the 52nd Security Consultative Meeting (SCM) was just held a week ago in the U.S., where Suh met with his American counterpart Mark Esper. Davidson also accompanied them.
In that respect, Davidson’s visit raised speculation that the U.S. would pressure Korea to jump on the anti-China bandwagon although the Korean defense ministry denied it.
“The U.S. badly wanted to be able to cite Korea’s participation in or support for the anti-China coalition in the joint communique (after SCM), but to no avail,” said Park Won-gon, a professor of international politics at Handong Global University.
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Moon is about to find himself loosing the West and being forced to lean on the CCP’s tender mercies.
*losing
Moon needs a reality check. If he walks like a communist, talks like a communist, and acts like a communist; chances are this dimwit is a communist. I am speculating a military coup may be in the cards. Just saying…..I would far rather see them vote this horse’s ass out and banish him to live with Fatboy in the North.
Moon has his cronies installed in the military and everywhere else. No one left to launch a coup unless they want to end up in a prison cell.
Well Moon needs the Chinese to help him realize his objectives regarding North Korea. That and the earful of complaints and whining he will get from the corporations if he pisses off the Chinese are what will prevent him from taking an anti-Chinese stance.
The US-India-Japan-Australia movement is a shit group that gathered together to do what?
Didn’t you hear of Japanese PM Suga in Vietnam who said, “The Quad alliance is not going to be like Nato, nor is it an organization that is going to counter any country”. So LOL at your Asian NATO movement. Do you really think if India gets into a war with China, the US, Japan, and Australia are going their troops to fend off the Chinese? Lol. With no clear goal as to what this Quad group is supposed to carry out, nobody knows what the purpose of this group is, and how they’re going to counter China – when each of those countries have their own economic interests to protect. It’s a dead useless organization, only good for symbolic purpose.
The US had their with the TPP, which they withdrew and torpedoed. Thanks to your dumb leader.
LOL! And now Beijing boy is selling us on what the Japanese say…
Maybe we should call him Tokyo boy?
Wow. His Chinese parents are this close from disowning him now.