U.S. Marine Corps aircraft fly over the aircraft carrier USS George Washington in the East Sea, July 26, 2010. U.S. Navy photo by Petty Officer 3rd Class Charles OkiU.S.-China Crisis: From "Gunboat Diplomacy" To Confrontation -- Global Research
On August 16 the U.S. and its South Korean military ally began this year's Ulchi Freedom Guardian military exercises in South Korea. The ten-day warfighting drills involve 56,000 troops from the host country and 30,000 from the U.S. Last year's version of the annual war games featured the same amount of South Korean soldiers but only a third as many American troops, 10,000. The commander in charge of the American forces, General Walter Sharp, described the current exercise as "one of the largest joint staff directed theater exercises in the world." In all over 500,000 South Korean military and government participants are involved. [1]
Ulchi Freedom Guardian 2010 is the latest and largest in a series of almost uninterrupted war games and naval maneuvers conducted over the past five weeks in the region: The Korean Peninsula, the seas on either side of it, and the South China Sea.
Three of the four nations involved are regional actors: South Korea, China and Vietnam. The other is not: The United States.
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My Comment: It appears that many countries in Asia do not feel comfortable with the rise of China's military and political influence in the region. Are they looking to the U.S. to offset this emerging situation .... with joint war games and war exercises now being conducted on a regular basis .... I would have to say yes.
Update: China Targets U.S. -- IBD Editorials
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