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Jeneral2885

(1,354 posts) Sun Aug 4, 2013, 11:36 AM Aug 2013

In Asia-Pacific, Army policy not one of containment

http://www.army.mil/article/108388/In_Asia_Pacific__Army_policy_not_one_of_containment/

Really?

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In Asia-Pacific, Army policy not one of containment (Original Post) Jeneral2885 Aug 2013 OP

India is the key. Benton D Struckcheon Aug 2013 #1

Benton D Struckcheon

(2,347 posts)

1. India is the key.

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Sun Aug 4, 2013, 12:53 PM

Aug 2013

Notice how he mentions meeting with the Indian Army head. India will be used to contain China. They're big enough to do it. It's also why Afghanistan continues to be important: Pakistan wants the Taliban back in, as they are allied with them. We back Karzai because he's not as close to Pakistan, and that's important to India. Understand India's role and you understand everything going on over there re the US strategy.
So, we don't need a policy of containment. We have India to do that for us.

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