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Panetta: NATO Needs to Join U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific
Topic Started: Jan 20 2013, 08:29 PM (633 Views)
Furbolling
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now US is calling it's NATO ally to Join the Furball in Asia.

Good for us and very bad for China.

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Panetta: NATO Needs to Join U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific

LONDON — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on NATO to become a more flexible fighting force that can tackle a broad range of conflicts and urged European allies to join the Pentagon’s shift to the Asia-Pacific region.

“Going forward, we also must broaden the scope of our alliance security discussions beyond European and regional issues,” Panetta said at Kings College. “In particular, I strongly believe that Europe should join the United States in increasing and deepening defense engagement with the Asia-Pacific region.”

As budgets tighten across the alliance, Panetta said there is a “window of opportunity to fundamentally reorient” NATO for the future.

“[T]he United States and Europe should work together and ensure our efforts are coordinated through regular consultations between European and U.S. defense officials focused on Asia-Pacific security issues,” Panetta said. “The bottom line is that Europe should not fear our rebalance to Asia, Europe should join it.”

US call's European Ally to join on Pivot to Asia
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Furbolling
Jan 20 2013, 08:29 PM
now US is calling it's NATO ally to Join the Furball in Asia.

Good for us and very bad for China.

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Panetta: NATO Needs to Join U.S. Rebalance to Asia-Pacific

LONDON — U.S. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta called on NATO to become a more flexible fighting force that can tackle a broad range of conflicts and urged European allies to join the Pentagon’s shift to the Asia-Pacific region.

“Going forward, we also must broaden the scope of our alliance security discussions beyond European and regional issues,” Panetta said at Kings College. “In particular, I strongly believe that Europe should join the United States in increasing and deepening defense engagement with the Asia-Pacific region.”

As budgets tighten across the alliance, Panetta said there is a “window of opportunity to fundamentally reorient” NATO for the future.

“[T]he United States and Europe should work together and ensure our efforts are coordinated through regular consultations between European and U.S. defense officials focused on Asia-Pacific security issues,” Panetta said. “The bottom line is that Europe should not fear our rebalance to Asia, Europe should join it.”

US call's European Ally to join on Pivot to Asia
Uh-oh... It's really getting serious... seriously more than we thought...
Edited by Mckoyzzz, Jan 20 2013, 09:02 PM.
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this is where china should play its cards right. What are you going to do when many countries are against you? She should have used her status to police conflicts rather than start one which her hawkish military officials are egging the party to do so.
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yeah... i thought it would be just the u.s. no wonder the brits is also making a fuss... maybe the chink will make a move, but against whom?
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How i wish this is all about against china. What if this is about something else? I really hope they are seriously considering attacking china.
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Since the Israeli-Iran war talks have died down, focus now seem to be shifted to this emerging dragon.
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If China is going to make a move in the near future or even 10-20 years from now, there will be at least 2 ASEAN countries that will be on their side. 1 is already out but another will be the betrayer. 1 from the north and at least 1 from the south.

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