North Korean – South Korean negotiations, B2’s to Guam & the “comfort women” issue between Japan & South Korea: Grant Newsham
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SOUTH KOREA AND THAAD — MINDANAO PHILIPPINE UPDATE: Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Senior Researcher
Col USMC (ret)
Monday, June 12 2017 — Hour 2
Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret), and our Pacific Rim Security expert joined us to interpret the latest events from the Korean Peninsula, (1) South Korea pausing the THAAD battery deployment, (2) North Korea’s surface-to-ship missile demonstration and (3) American diplomats singing China’s praises for pressuring North Korea with no apparent evidence of progress.
We also discuss the ongoing siege on Mindanao between the Philippine Army partnered with US Special Forces and Islamic Fundamentalists which is the latest chapter in the a decades old conflict.
A GREAT translator of things in the Western Pacific.
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THOUGHTS ON HIGH LEVEL LEAKS IN WASHINGTON D.C. AND A NORTH KOREA UPDATE: Grant Newsham
Grant Newsham
Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Senior Researcher
Col USMC (ret)
Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret) — an intelligence officer by trade discusses two issues in the news with us:
(1) The high level “leaks’ that we read about almost on a daily basis
(2) The situation in the Western Pacific — has China taken ANY tangible step to reign in North Korea?
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WHY WOULD CHINA INTERVENE WITH NORTH KOREA WHEN IT HASN’T DONE SO FOR 25 YEARS? Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret)
Grant Newsham
Japan Forum for Strategic Studies
Senior Researcher
Col USMC (ret)
Grant Newsham joins us to talk about the recent military parade North Korea during which they displayed new military capabilities their failed launch of an ICBM.
Grant also entertains questions from the Host:
(1) Why would China helps the United States after standing on the sidelines for 25 years? What kind of concession will they ask for from the US or the US & Japan?
(2) How does Japan view the events on the Korean Peninsula and what is in their strategic best interest.
(3) How does China view the events on the Korean Peninsula and what is in their strategic best interest.
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TODAY’S SHOW: Grant Newsham talks North Korea —- Calvin Humphrey talks being a PFC on Iwo Jima
Grant Newsham
Defense Researcher
Col, USMCR (ret)
In two GREAT interviews:
Grant Newsham, Col USMC (ret), talks the current situation in North Korea and the challenges for the United States in the region that includes South Korea, China, Taiwan and the Philippines.
Calvin Humphry, PFC USMC, who landed on Iwo Jima as a PFC talks about thehow he got to the Marine Corps, the 5th Division’s preparations for Iwo Jima on Hawaii, the landing and days of combat and then how he’s coped with it for all these years! ONE OF THE BEST INTERVIEW ALL MARINE RADIO HAS DONE IN THE LAST YEAR!
Cal Humphry
PFC, USMC
Iwo Jima Veteran
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