Anonymous Coward User ID: 46552577 United States 04/07/2014 12:13 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | US Sending 2 Warships To Japan ! No More Land Grabs - US Taking A Stand! [ link to www.charter.net] US Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel gave a warning to Asia Pacific Nations Sunday. The US is sending two ballistic missle destroyers to Japan to counter the North Korean threat, saying China must better respect its neighbors. _____________________________________________ Quote: In unusually forceful remarks about China, Hagel drew a direct line between Russia's takeover of Ukraine's Crimea region and the ongoing territorial disputes between China, Japan and others over remote islands in the East China Sea. "I think we're seeing some clear evidence of a lack of respect and intimidation and coercion in Europe today with what the Russians have done with Ukraine," Hagel told reporters after a meeting with Japanese Defense Minister Itsunori Onodera. "We must be very careful and we must be very clear, all nations of the world, that in the 21st century this will not stand, you cannot go around the world and redefine boundaries and violate territorial integrity and sovereignty of nations by force, coercion and intimidation whether it's in small islands in the Pacific or large nations in Europe." |