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2015-11-28 Africa Horn

China to set up naval base in Djibouti – next to US airbase

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Posted by Steve White 2015-11-28 00:00|| || Front Page|| [1 views ] Top

#1 Heh. It is gonna be just a giant listening post aimed squarely at the US operations.

Posted by Nguard 2015-11-28 00:46|| 2015-11-28 00:46|| Front Page Top

#2 Hypothetially, a similar scenario could occur iff SHTF between the US + China in the SCS, ECS, + over Taiwan, etc. + concessions have to be made in order to avoid protractive or Nuclear conflict.

China could get the CNMI while the US keeps Guam, wid one or either side forced to accept a much-reduced mil presence.

As myself + Perts have said, HOW POTUS OBAMA RESPONDS TO CHINA IN EAST ASIA-PACIFI MAY ROVE MORE DANGEROUS TO US INTERESTS THAN WHAT HE DOES VEE RUSSIA + IRAN.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-11-28 02:55|| 2015-11-28 02:55|| Front Page Top

#3 FYI FREEREPUBLIC > [AFP] LARGE CHINESE Air = PLAAF] FLEET FLIES NEAR JAPAN ISLANDS: MEDIA.

Coming soon enuff to Guam's Camel Rock, like China's "White ships".

Lest we fergit, YEAR 2020 = BESIDES OKINAWA MARINES MOVING TO GUAM, IS ALSO THE BENHMARK OR SYMBOLIC YEAR CHINA IDEALLY WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE US PULLOUT OR FALL BACK FROM EAST ASIA-WESTPAC TOWARDS HAWAII-EASTPAC + US WEST COAST, vee "SHARING THE PACIFIC" = 1/2 of the Pacific [WestPac]by 2020 NLT 20125.

CHINA = US HAS NO STATES WEST OF HAWAII IN EASTPAC, ERGO US HAS NO REAL INTERESTS IN WESTPAC + SHOULD GIVE UP ITS ISLAND TERRITORIES TO BEIJINNG.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-11-28 03:04|| 2015-11-28 03:04|| Front Page Top

#4 Perhaps they could establish a Joint-BX, since nearly everything in ours is MADE IN CHINA anyway. Think of the cost savings due to shipping.

Posted by Besoeker 2015-11-28 05:33|| 2015-11-28 05:33|| Front Page Top

#5 ..the Chinese authorities probably won't agree because 1) the question becomes 'how come they can afford it and we can't' and 2) how come this sh!t isn't sold back home too?

#2 is real. Jackie Chan was doing a movie in New Mexico and in an interview said he like spending time in the home improvement big box stores cause they had stuff made back home but no one could find there.

Posted by Procopius2k 2015-11-28 08:18|| 2015-11-28 08:18|| Front Page Top

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