Japanese demand Islands from Russia

[gambit]

U.S. only fights the war that she feels she can win . this will be too big and costly to get involved with

How 'insightful'...Not. As if Nazi Germany or Imperial Japan were any different. You think anyone will take on an opponent he feels he could not defeat?

 

[Badabing]

Who told you that Japan took them from China??? It is simply a case of 'Jiski lathi Uski Bhains', right now the 'lathi' happens to be with China. This is pure Realpolitik, let us not get moralistic about it.

So what about Sikkim? India sure annexed it with a big lathi. It was pure Realpolitik all right.

 

[no_name]

U.S. only fights the war that she feels she can win

That is what any country would try to do under normal circumstances (ie not getting invaded).

The general who wins first assures victory before entering the fight.
On the other hand, those who fight first and afterwards look for victory are sure to be defeated.

 

[Badabing]

Tokyo rejects Moscow’s proposal to create free econ zone on Kuriles

08.02.2011, 12.20

TOKYO, February 8 (Itar-Tass) - Japan’s government on Tuesday officially rejected Moscow’s proposal to create a free economic zone on the Kuriles.

“If its precondition is preservation of Russia’s administrative rights, this contradicts our position,” the Cabinet of Ministered said in a letter of reply to one of parliamentarians.

Moreover, the Cabinet said Japan received no official proposal from Moscow for the creation of a free trade zone.

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev voiced this idea in a live television interview last December.

“Nothing brings us closer than economic cooperation,” Medvedev said calling on Japan to create a single economic zone and a free trade zone on the Kuriles.

ITAR-TASS

Well how interesting. The pattern seems to be that when the Chinese offer joint development of Diaoyutai Islands with Japan and she refuses and now Russia offers joint development of Kuril Islands and she again refuses.

Then China should be Russia's partner in developing the Kuril islands.

 

[applesauce]

Well how interesting. The pattern seems to be that when the Chinese offer joint development of Diaoyutai Islands with Japan and she refuses and now Russia offers joint development of Kuril Islands and she again refuses.

Then China should be Russia's partner in developing the Kuril islands.

ahaha i thought the sames thing, china should go and work with Russia, build infrastructures and what not there

 

[Solomon2]

Well how interesting. The pattern seems to be that when the Chinese offer joint development of Diaoyutai Islands with Japan and she refuses and now Russia offers joint development of Kuril Islands and she again refuses.

Then China should be Russia's partner in developing the Kuril islands.

Fifty years from now everything will be quiet on the Kuril-Diaoyutai border...

 

[zheng]

When will Japan return Islands that she took from China ?

Russia agreed that trades two islands, other two are to the Japanese war's compensation, must return China regarding the Diaoyu Island Japan, otherwise China will do not hesitate to use the military force to recapture! The Chinese will not forget Japan to the Chinese war's grief!

 

[us1956]

Who told you that Japan took them from China??? It is simply a case of 'Jiski lathi Uski Bhains', right now the 'lathi' happens to be with China. This is pure Realpolitik, let us not get moralistic about it.

you are wrong Japan took the islands in late 19 century