Speaking today at the House Armed Services Committee hearing, Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta accused China of having provided considerable aid to North Korea’s missile program, including the recent failed attempt to put a satellite in orbit.
Panetta went on to say that there was “no question” that North Korea’s missiles were a threat to the United States, and said that the Chinese government ought to be urging them to engage in “diplomatic negotiations.”
When pressed for details of his allegations by Rep. Michael Turner (R – OH), Panetta refused, insisting that the “sensitivity of that information” made it inappropriate to discuss though not, apparently, to make reference to.
Meanwhile, on the other side of the endless escalations that Panetta yesterday said brings the US “within an inch of war” near every day, the South Korean Defense Ministry announced that it has deployed new cruise missiles capable of hitting “any place” inside North Korea.
What a load of crap by Panetta. If the Chinese were helping, would the missile have ended up in the drink? China has a capable space program. They've had missiles like the one NK tried to launch since what, 1968? If they were helping the missile would have worked.
And what about the threat to China of the new design of Indian rockets. Is the US going to demand UNSC sanctions against India?
And if China really is helping N. Korea, what can the US do? We off-shored our production to China. They hold our debt. It was obvious that the US couldn't have an expansionist, empire-building foreign policy and at the same time a 3rd-world economy.
Where on earth did the US "president" get this jackass from the dimmest bulb in the porch but then almost no one listens to america.
If it's inappropriate to discuss where the intel comes from, why open your damn big mouth about it in the first place?
Pot, meet Kettle. We supply arms all over the world, so the US is in no position to neither condemn not criticize any other nation for doing the same.
Panetta is a full-on loyalist, and can be relied on to say exactly what he is told (without regard for anything that resembles truthfullness).
In this case, it’s about loyalty to the MIC, which needs continued justification for defense budgets.
That means publicizing scary baloney about countries on the approved enemies or candidates-for-enemy-status list. China and North Korea fit that criteria.
That’s what this is about. Pimping for the MIC. Securing his retirement on the destruction of the US economy and the brutalization of millions of people across the planet.
His death by natural or unnatural causes cannot come soon enough.
These mofos are finally going to chew a little bit more than they can bite one day. And somebody ought to remind Panetta that he must first borrow the money from China in order to wage war against China. Would love to be able to witness that conversation. Ha ha!