South Korea paying for THAAD 'impossible': presidential frontrunner's aide
FILE PHOTO - A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense...
By James Pearson | SEOUL
U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Seoul pay for the THAAD advanced U.S. missile defense system would be an "impossible option," a top foreign policy adviser to South Korean presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in said on Friday.
Trump told Reuters in an interview on Thursday he wants South Korea to pay for the $1 billion Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.
"Even if we purchase THAAD, its main operation would be in the hands of the United States," said Kim Ki-jung, a foreign policy adviser to Moon and professor at Seoul's Yonsei University.
"So purchasing it would be an impossible option. That was our topic when we were considering the options," Kim said.
Moon is leading polls by a wide margin ahead of a May 9 election to replace impeached former President Park Geun-hye, whose government agreed last year to deploy THAAD.
Lee Ji-soo, a spokesman for Moon, said campaign officials were aware of the reported comments by Trump and deliberating his demand that South Korea pay for THAAD but added that there was no official comment from Moon's camp yet.
Trump, in the interview as he prepared to mark 100 days in office on Saturday, also accused another ally, Saudi Arabia, of not paying enough for the U.S. defense umbrella.
Trump's comments harked back to his populist campaign rhetoric and Bonnie Glaser, an Asia expert at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, said they betrayed a lack of strategic thinking.
"Trump's remarks reflect his persistent desire for allies to pay more for their defense," she said. "As far as their impact on South Korea's election, they will likely boost support for Moon, and if he wins, it will make it harder for the U.S. to sustain a hardline policy against North Korea. So Trump's remarks don't seem very strategic to me."
Trump's comments provoked some consternation among Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress.
Congressional aides noted the THAAD deployment came after years of discussions, in which South Korea took a great deal of convincing and then suffered economic retaliation from China.
“It just seems completely tone deaf ... That system isn’t just good for South Korea, it’s also good for us,” one aide said, adding that it would also defend U.S. troops in South Korea and deter North Korea from targeting U.S. territory.
The U.S. military started THAAD deployment in early March, despite strong opposition from China, which says the system's radar can be used to spy into its territory. The deployment has also prompted a North Korean warning of retaliation.
South Korea said on Wednesday major elements of the system were moved into the planned site in Seonjgu in the south of the country and would be fully operational by the end of this year.
During in the 1970s, when the Russia was the biggest threat to America and radical Islam was not as a concern of the USA’s, the USA began funding and training Islamic militants to fight our Russian enemies in Afghanistan.
These militants, known as the mujahideen would rebel the Russians out of Afghanistan and later become the Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-thaad-advisor-idUSKBN17U09Y
South Korea paying for THAAD 'impossible': presidential frontrunner's aide
FILE PHOTO - A Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) interceptor is launched during a successful intercept test, in this undated handout photo provided by the U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense Agency. U.S. Department of Defense, Missile Defense...
By James Pearson | SEOUL
U.S. President Donald Trump's suggestion that Seoul pay for the THAAD advanced U.S. missile defense system would be an "impossible option," a top foreign policy adviser to South Korean presidential frontrunner Moon Jae-in said on Friday.
Trump told Reuters in an interview on Thursday he wants South Korea to pay for the $1 billion Terminal High Altitude Area Defense (THAAD) system.
"Even if we purchase THAAD, its main operation would be in the hands of the United States," said Kim Ki-jung, a foreign policy adviser to Moon and professor at Seoul's Yonsei University.
"So purchasing it would be an impossible option. That was our topic when we were considering the options," Kim said.
Moon is leading polls by a wide margin ahead of a May 9 election to replace impeached former President Park Geun-hye, whose government agreed last year to deploy THAAD.
Lee Ji-soo, a spokesman for Moon, said campaign officials were aware of the reported comments by Trump and deliberating his demand that South Korea pay for THAAD but added that there was no official comment from Moon's camp yet.
Trump, in the interview as he prepared to mark 100 days in office on Saturday, also accused another ally, Saudi Arabia, of not paying enough for the U.S. defense umbrella.
Trump's comments harked back to his populist campaign rhetoric and Bonnie Glaser, an Asia expert at Washington's Center for Strategic and International Studies, said they betrayed a lack of strategic thinking.
"Trump's remarks reflect his persistent desire for allies to pay more for their defense," she said. "As far as their impact on South Korea's election, they will likely boost support for Moon, and if he wins, it will make it harder for the U.S. to sustain a hardline policy against North Korea. So Trump's remarks don't seem very strategic to me."
Trump's comments provoked some consternation among Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress.
Congressional aides noted the THAAD deployment came after years of discussions, in which South Korea took a great deal of convincing and then suffered economic retaliation from China.
“It just seems completely tone deaf ... That system isn’t just good for South Korea, it’s also good for us,” one aide said, adding that it would also defend U.S. troops in South Korea and deter North Korea from targeting U.S. territory.
The U.S. military started THAAD deployment in early March, despite strong opposition from China, which says the system's radar can be used to spy into its territory. The deployment has also prompted a North Korean warning of retaliation.
South Korea said on Wednesday major elements of the system were moved into the planned site in Seonjgu in the south of the country and would be fully operational by the end of this year.
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During in the 1970s, when the Russia was the biggest threat to America and radical Islam was not as a concern of the USA’s, the USA began funding and training Islamic militants to fight our Russian enemies in Afghanistan.
These militants, known as the mujahideen would rebel the Russians out of Afghanistan and later become the Taliban, Al Qaeda and the Muslim Brotherhood.
关键是你根本拿不出美国支持塔利班的证据。
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塔利班与阿富汗局势 第6版(国际)专栏:热点对话
塔利班与阿富汗局势
本报国际部编辑蒋安全本报驻巴基斯坦记者吴迎春王南
编者按:9月27日,阿富汗学生武装塔利班将拉巴尼政权逐出喀布尔并取而代之,阿局势发生转折性的重大变化,为国际社会所瞩目。本报国际部编辑和驻巴基斯坦记者,就近来阿局势及其有关问题进行了对话。
编辑:最近,阿富汗政局急转直下,控制首都喀布尔三年多的拉巴尼政权被逐,阿学生武装塔利班入主喀布尔。当时的情况如何?
记者:从9月24日起,塔利班开始向当时控制首都喀布尔的拉巴尼政权发起进攻,首先从喀布尔以东60公里的萨罗比下手,并一举拿下。萨罗比是喀布尔东部要塞,不少人原以为双方在此会有一场恶战,不料它却如此容易地落入塔利班之手,结果使喀布尔的东部门户敞开,塔利班长驱直入,兵临喀布尔城下,接着,收缩了对该城的包围,从东、南、西三个方面加紧围攻。塔利班的另一路包抄拉巴尼政权的唯一退路——喀布尔以北的巴格兰空军基地和萨朗战略公路,拉巴尼政权已意识到喀城难保,决定实施所谓“战略撤退”。塔利班于是9月27日凌晨从东部破城而入,当天占领喀布尔。因而,塔利班是在没有遇到激烈抵抗情况下攻占喀布尔的。
塔利班随即挥师北进,乘胜追击,数日内占领帕尔万省首府查里卡尔,攻入卡皮萨省,逼进萨朗通道南端,攻到喀布尔以北约30公里潘杰希尔山谷谷口杰贝勒希腊季。
编辑:相对阿富汗其他派别而言,塔利班是个后起的武装组织,为何能在两年多的时间里取得一系列军事胜利,占据阿政治舞台的中心位置?
记者:阿富汗重要派别大都诞生于抗苏斗争时期甚至之前,唯独塔利班是个“后生”,成立于1994年7月。当时一个名叫穆罕默德·乌马尔的学生,对一起当地军阀奸杀妇女的事件怀有强烈的义愤,率领一群学生严惩了施暴军阀,从此拉起一支学生队伍,创立了塔利班。乌马尔就是塔利班现在的最高领导人。塔利班在普什图语中是“学生”的意思。
塔利班诞生后迅速发展壮大,打破了阿内战的原有政治、军事格局,给人以“异军突起”的印象。去年10月,占领阿西部四省的塔利班开始围攻喀布尔,激战11个月,虽未攻克,却给拉巴尼政权以打击和震撼。这次,他们总结了上次的经验教训,在军事部署、战术、装备和配合方面均有所改进,终将喀布尔攻下。
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