Rantburg

Today's Front Page   View All of Wed 05/28/2025 View Tue 05/27/2025 View Mon 05/26/2025 View Sun 05/25/2025 View Sat 05/24/2025 View Fri 05/23/2025 View Thu 05/22/2025
2022-07-27 -Short Attention Span Theater-
Pelosi in peril: Pentagon plays down fears China will SHOOT DOWN Nancy's plane if she visits Taiwan after Beijing warned U.S will 'bear all consequences'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] “I had to serpentine to escape the bullets!”
  • US officials said if House Speaker Nancy Pelosi travels to Taiwan, the US military would increase its movement of forces and assets in the Indo-Pacific region

  • Fighter jets, ships, surveillance assets and military systems are likely to be used

  • China has threatened to take 'resolute and forceful measures' if visit goes ahead
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-27 08:21|| || Front Page|| [11141 views ]  Top
 File under: Commies 

#1 They would be doing us a favor.
Posted by Chris 2022-07-27 10:50||   2022-07-27 10:50|| Front Page Top

#2 If Xi ordered it, I bet the rest of the communist party senior officials would have him arrested pretty quick. They know China is very vulnerable to a blockade and if one was put in place for oil and food, 3 months later most cars stop, 5 months later most power plants go offline and one year later 500 million Chinese are dead from starvation.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-07-27 11:35||   2022-07-27 11:35|| Front Page Top

#3 #1. Yes they would.
Posted by Croque Fliting8030 2022-07-27 11:40||   2022-07-27 11:40|| Front Page Top

#4 Why shoot down one of their agents?
Posted by ruprecht 2022-07-27 11:45||   2022-07-27 11:45|| Front Page Top

#5 You guys give China too much credit, I'm afraid. The truth is they're like neurotic pomeranians inside, while doing the puffer fish routine outside. If they see a USAF fighter or even damn corvette anywhere near the South China sea, their committee pees its pants collectively. It happened in Trump's time, you could practically smell their fear all the way from Colombo back to New Delhi and all up to the Koreas. Not just the snips in the int chatter but even their diplomacy changes. Like, 'oh oh oh we all gotta stick together, we're both the oldest joss stick burning civilizations, oh oh oh the eastern hemisphere is under assault!' And all because if some ships and choppers buzzing around. Sheesh.
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-27 11:53||   2022-07-27 11:53|| Front Page Top

#6 * because of ... goddamit, because of !

This stupid artificially intelligent, second guessing Android shit! And this stupid keypad and my stupid fingers!
Posted by Dron66046 2022-07-27 11:56||   2022-07-27 11:56|| Front Page Top

#7 it'll be alright dron
Posted by Chris 2022-07-27 11:58||   2022-07-27 11:58|| Front Page Top

#8 I agree Dron. That is why I avoid typing on the stupid phone and use my PC. Still fuck shit up in the morning before the coffee kicks in. But at least that is my own failings.
Posted by DarthVader 2022-07-27 13:38||   2022-07-27 13:38|| Front Page Top

#9 Prob Chinese phone.
Posted by Skidmark 2022-07-27 13:54||   2022-07-27 13:54|| Front Page Top

#10 Going over to try and shutter computer chip production?
Posted by swksvolFF 2022-07-27 14:46||   2022-07-27 14:46|| Front Page Top

#11 ^^^^ good point
Posted by Chris 2022-07-27 16:30||   2022-07-27 16:30|| Front Page Top

#12 Don't fear the autocucumber, Dron!

Do we know why Pelosi is traveling in the first place? Seems a bit strange to go off on her own and not as part of some congressional delegation of useless wankers.

Speculation: One of the problems for Team Brandon is presidential succession if Joe goes away.
Vice Prez Kamala - a loose (heh) cannon
Speaker of the House Nancy - likely to go all Red Queen
Prez pro tem of the Senate Patrick Leahy - possible?
Sec of State Antony Blinken - another possible

Getting the first couple names off the list would make the situation more manageable.
Posted by SteveS 2022-07-27 16:59||   2022-07-27 16:59|| Front Page Top

#13 /\ Entirely regrettable, if not a one-way trip.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-27 17:31||   2022-07-27 17:31|| Front Page Top

#14 Wonder if the aircraft being prepped are high time……
Posted by USN, Ret. 2022-07-27 17:57||   2022-07-27 17:57|| Front Page Top

#15 Another Ron Brown deal...
Posted by M. Murcek 2022-07-27 18:04||   2022-07-27 18:04|| Front Page Top

#16 Don' do it, Winnie! I can't cope with the thought of turning her into a hero....
Posted by Mercutio 2022-07-27 18:30||   2022-07-27 18:30|| Front Page Top

#17 I wouldn't put it past deep state to plant a bomb on the plane and then blame china. They would love a hot war...
Posted by CrazyFool 2022-07-27 19:06||   2022-07-27 19:06|| Front Page Top

#18 /\ These people are capable of doing anything.
Posted by Besoeker 2022-07-27 21:09||   2022-07-27 21:09|| Front Page Top

#19 China Deep state associates with American deep state will hold that pelosi thing until another person will be nominated instead her.
Posted by ACA JOE 2022-07-27 22:04||   2022-07-27 22:04|| Front Page Top

08:38 Gleng Whaick2262
08:35 Gleng Whaick2262
08:35 Gleng Whaick2262
08:33 Gleng Whaick2262
08:32 Gleng Whaick2262
08:31 Gleng Whaick2262
08:28 Gleng Whaick2262
08:24 Matt
08:20 SteveS
07:43 Procopius2k
07:42 BrerRabbit
07:42 Procopius2k
07:39 Procopius2k
07:36 Procopius2k
07:35 Procopius2k
07:34 trailing wife
07:31 Procopius2k
07:30 NN2N1
07:22 NN2N1
07:18 trailing wife
07:14 Richard Aubrey
07:10 NN2N1
07:09 Besoeker
07:03 NN2N1









Paypal:
Google
Search WWW Search rantburg.com