Webster G. Tarpley, Ph.D.
Tarpley.net
Fri, 20 May 2011 19:49 CDT
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China has officially put the United States on notice that Washington's planned attack on Pakistan will be interpreted as an act of aggression against Beijing. This blunt warning represents the first known strategic ultimatum received by the United States in half a century, going back to Soviet warnings during the Berlin crisis of 1958-1961, and indicates the grave danger of general war growing out of the US-Pakistan confrontation.

"Any Attack on Pakistan Would be Construed as an Attack on China"

Responding to reports that China has asked the US to respect Pakistan's sovereignty in the aftermath of the Bin Laden operation, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jiang Yu used a May 19 press briefing to state Beijing's categorical demand that the "sovereignty and territorial integrity of Pakistan must be respected." According to Pakistani diplomatic sources cited by the Times of India, China has "warned in unequivocal terms that any attack on Pakistan would be construed as an attack on China." This ultimatum was reportedly delivered at the May 9 China-US strategic dialogue and economic talks in Washington, where the Chinese delegation was led by Vice Prime Minister Wang Qishan and State Councilor Dai Bingguo. Chinese warnings are implicitly backed up by that nation's nuclear missiles, including an estimated 66 ICBMs, some capable of striking the United States, plus 118 intermediate-range missiles, 36 submarine-launched missiles, and numerous shorter-range systems.

Support from China is seen by regional observers as critically important for Pakistan, which is otherwise caught in a pincers between the US and India: "If US and Indian pressure continues, Pakistan can say 'China is behind us. Don't think we are isolated, we have a potential superpower with us,'" Talat Masood, a political analyst and retired Pakistani general, told AFP.1

The Chinese ultimatum came during the visit of Pakistani Prime Minister Gilani in Beijing, during which the host government announced the transfer of 50 state-of-the-art JF-17 fighter jets to Pakistan, immediately and without cost. Before his departure, Gilani had stressed the importance of the Pakistan-China alliance, proclaiming: "We are proud to have China as our best and most trusted friend. And China will always find Pakistan standing beside it at all times....When we speak of this friendship as being taller than the Himalayas and deeper than the oceans it truly captures the essence of our relationship." These remarks were greeted by whining from US spokesmen, including Idaho Republican Senator Risch.

lots more here

http://www.sott.net/articles/show/229282-US-Pakistan-Near-Open-War-Chinese-Ultimatum-Warns-Washington-Against-Attack

So does that mean if we get nuked by a Pakistani made nuclear weapon China will accept responsibility? They had better see the flip side of this coin. If we get nuked by a Pakistani made nuke then Beijing gets nuked along with Islamabad.

China pulls shitte like this to intimidate us. Obama is just pu$$y enough to curr from this. I simply would tell them unless they can assure us of the end of the presence of Al-Quieda they can either help us deal with it expediently so we can leave Pakistan or they can shut up and enjoy the fact we have weapons trained on them anyways. They can either be part of the solution or part of the problem and likewise I would remind them that they have been profiting from us in other ways besides the debt and trade imbalance and that we will end that if they don't play nice and play fair. Iraqi oil for one, Afghanistan mineral rights. We caught Osama Bin Laden in Pakistan so we got a reason to be there. They were harboring enemy #1. Pakistan has a lot of explaining and if they want our aid money now they have us in their country sniffing for terrorists they put up with.

China can SUCK IT!

lol obama will probably screw this up too...

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