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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|| E-Mail|| Front Page|| [1765 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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