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2013-12-13 China-Japan-Koreas

Chinese Try to Stop U.S. Warship in Int'l Waters

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Posted by Steve White 2013-12-13 08:59|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Ahhhh the fruits of "smart diplomacy" continue to ripen.

Hope there was a sub in the area too.

Posted by AlanC 2013-12-13 09:11|| 2013-12-13 09:11|| Front Page Top

#2 And when the open fire and sink one of ours....what then ?

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-13 09:22|| 2013-12-13 09:22|| Front Page Top

#3 It's pretty simple - the ChiComs are playing chicken except they won't blink. They WILL change the facts on the ground (air/water) and we can't do a darn thing about it. They have one area to focus on - we have many. Who do think will win?

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-12-13 09:40|| 2013-12-13 09:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Lil sump'm vir ja Billy ;-)

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-13 09:51|| 2013-12-13 09:51|| Front Page Top

#5 That is some f'd up parachuting right there. I didn't have too many jumps (about 30) but I've never seen anything like that. Guess because I never jumped with any ME asshats.

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-12-13 10:08|| 2013-12-13 10:08|| Front Page Top

#6 Got it this morning from a friend on an exercise in the ROK. Nearly fell outta my combat swivel chair.

Posted by Besoeker 2013-12-13 10:16|| 2013-12-13 10:16|| Front Page Top

#7 Spent many a cold nights w/the ROK Marines in ANGLICO. Pound for pound toughest dudes I've ever seen - ROK Marines not ANGLICO :)

Posted by Bangkok Billy 2013-12-13 10:25|| 2013-12-13 10:25|| Front Page Top

#8 The Chinese know they have a push over leader they are facing.

Posted by DarthVader 2013-12-13 11:26|| 2013-12-13 11:26|| Front Page Top

#9 Welcome to Chinese version of the Cold War.

ROK Marines not ANGLICO

Did ROK infiltration exercises off Ulleung-do in mid-January/February. Tough bastards.

Posted by Pappy 2013-12-13 11:31|| 2013-12-13 11:31|| Front Page Top

#10 Spratleys, DIY ADIZ, playing chicken with USN vessels,

New version of Mare Nostrum.

Posted by Alaska Paul 2013-12-13 12:13|| 2013-12-13 12:13|| Front Page Top

#11 TV news is picking up this story, so regular folks may finally start hearing what we have been talking about for years.

Fox News

Posted by OldSpook 2013-12-13 12:32|| 2013-12-13 12:32|| Front Page Top

#12 The Captain of the PLAN vessel must have a fetish for suicide missions, as his ship is likely no match for the COWPENS.

Japanese medias repor are fearful that a Nippon war agz China could break out in January 2014 = Early Spring 2014, as neither side has shown willingness to compromise or make concessions - as a reminder, many MSM-Net Perts + Bloggers/Posters believe that such a conflict could easily devolve into de facto Nuclear War, most likely Limited Nuclear War or Limited Tactical Nuclear War.

* E.G. CHINESE MILITARY FORUM BLOGGER [paraph] > opined that the Diaoyutai Islands [Senkakus]represents a vital passage to the Taiwan Straits - iff there is war + US, Japan intervenes, it will be a key or vital strategic location for China to block agz such military intervention, espec as from the powerful Japan-based USN 7th Fleet. IFF CHINA + PLA NAVAL, AIR POWER CAN CONTROL THE AREA, THE DIPLOMATIC OR MILITARY-LED UNIFICATION OF MAINLAND CHINA WID TAIWAN PROVINCE COULD BECOME A MATTER OF ONLY A FEW WEEKS.

IMO the Blogger opinion above once again shows that the Diaoyu/Senkakus dispute is really covertly about TAIWAN = CHINA'S EQUIVALENT OF "PEARL HARBOR/NORFOLK" HQS [overseas USDOD CentComs], i.e. China's "post-US", "Mahanist", "future World #1 Global Superpower-style "strategic access" + China-specific "Manifest Destiny".

ALSO GOOD = CONSISTENT WID OWG ANTI-US GLOBALISM WHERE THE US = GREAT POWERS MUST UNILATERALLY REDUCE OR GIVE UP POWER-N-INFLUENECE TO LESSORS SO THAT THE LATTER CAN RISE IN RIGHTEOUS GLOBALIST PARITY.

* Lest we fergit, E.G. TOPIX + WORLD NEWS [old] > THE RISE OF THE REST.

From NON-WASP-ISH, NON-AMERICAN/AMERIKAN SEXY SLINKY HOLLYWOOD BABES TO "THE GREAT GAME" OF GLOBAL GEOPOLITICS" + OWG GLOBAL FEDERAL UNIONS.

ARISE, THEY SAY, ARISE ....

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-12-13 18:49|| 2013-12-13 18:49|| Front Page Top

#13 More ...

* TOPIX > [Town Hall = Yahoo News] PATRICK BUCHANAN: ARE THE SENKAKUS WORTH A WAR?

Gee whiz, I dunno - IS AMERICA = AMERIKA LOSING GUAM-WESTPAC, HAWAII-EASTPAC + 1/2 OF CONUS-NORAM TO CHINA FOR "LIVING SPACE" WORTH THE OWG + GLOBALISM THAT AMERS DIDN'T VOTE ON NOR BEEN ASKED TO???

WHUT COULD POSSIBLY GO WRONG!?

D *** NG IT - I'M TORN.

* RELATED SAME > ...
> [Heritage Foundation] CHINA'S INCREASINGLY AGGRESSIVE STANCE TOWARDS ITS TERRITORIAL CLAIMS.
> [National Business Review = NBR] WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO CENTRAL ASIA IFF ALL THE AMERICAN TROOPS LEAVE?

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > WHY IS CHINA FEARED? RESURGENCE, PRIDE, AND UNCERTAINTY | HUFFPO.

* WAFF > CHINA'S AIR ZONE ANNOUNCEMENT WAS JUST THE BEGINNING, of a larger, broader,pre-determined/calculated Regional + Geopol Strategy.

D *** NGED "LONG MARCHES"!

Shaking foot-long tuna sub angrily.

* SAME > [War Scenarios]POSTER SURVEY-OPINION: CHINA VERSUS US - NUKES ONLY.

* SAME > CHINA PROVIDES NUCLEAR PROTECTION TO UKRAINE [ + Kazakhistan].

Ditto to anti-Govt, pro-independence, etc. armed factions andor fifth column elements, etc. in OKINAWA? JAPAN "RED ARMY"? MUSLIM MINDANAO? GUAM? HAWAII? ...@ETAL???

POLITICS IS POLITICS, CORRECT???

versus

* JAPAN HERALD > JAPAN BATTLES RISING TIDE OF CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.

No need to wage NucWar - CONQUER DEMOGRAPHICALY + ECON VIA SEX + "BIRTH TOURISM"///

Posted by JosephMendiola 2013-12-13 20:15|| 2013-12-13 20:15|| Front Page Top

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