Russia has sent its own team of experts to South Korea to do their own investigation of the sinking of the Cheonan and should be concluding their investigation as I write this post. I am curious as to how their findings will effect the attitudes of the Chinese and the North Koreans since they are all allies.
If the Russians findings concur with those of the international investigation team China and North Korea will be hard pressed to continue to straddle the line and look the other way. North Korea will probably maintain their hard line denial to the bitter end regardless of what anyone finds. When you commit yourself to a lie you just have to stick to it.
The interesting thing will be whatever Russia decides will have a tremendous impact on the outcome of this situation. I believe that if they disagree with the findings China and especially North Korea will follow suit. If they agree with the findings of the investigation they Chinese will probably grudgingly agree and the North Koreans will continue to show their real colors. This is the official take of the military ring man on this one. Lets watch and see if I’m right or wrong.
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