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2015-05-21 China-Japan-Koreas

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Posted by Besoeker 2015-05-21 05:10|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 They went "bad plane, bad plane."
Completely off topic, but kinda cool. For those of you who may have read 'Six Frigates':

http://gcaptain.com/ship-photos-of-the-day-uss-constitution-enters-dry-dock/

Posted by ed in texas 2015-05-21 08:08|| 2015-05-21 08:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Totally recommend the book. Thanks Ed.

Posted by swksvolFF 2015-05-21 11:11|| 2015-05-21 11:11|| Front Page Top

#3 The Preezy took time off from teething:
"Though elderly bigots are seething,
Our old Constitution
Requires execution
To make it more living and breathing."

Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2015-05-21 15:25|| 2015-05-21 15:25|| Front Page Top

#4 See also IIRC RELATED YAHOO NEWS > THE US AND CHINA JUST HAD A CONFRONTATION IN THE AIR OVER THE DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* RELATED CHINESE MILITARY FORUM > [Repost] US NAVY SHIP [USS Fort Worth LCS] MET CHINESE VESSEL DURING SOUTH CHINA SEA PATROL [PLAN Type 054A FFG].

* GMA NEWS > US MAY GIVE PHILIPPINES MORE SUPPORT TO COUNTER PRESSURE FROM CHINA OVER SEA DISPUTES.

Patrick Cronin from the CNAS-Asia-Pacific Affairs Think-tank.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > WILL CHINA COMPLY WID ASEAN UNDER US PRESURE IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES?

The larger question remains is China willing to amend, delay or give up its self-perceived Manifest Destiny or Geopol/MilPol Ambitions as the World's de facto "post-US", future World #1, AS CHINA KNOWS OR RECOGNIZES THAT IFF IT DOES, IT IS HIGHLY LIKELY THAT US REGIONAL ALLIES WILL OVER TIME ONLY GET MORE STRONGER RELATIVE TO CHINA.

* DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > JAPAN TO DEPLOY ANTI-AIR, ANTI-SHIP BALLISTIC MISSLES TO STRATEGIC ISLAND [Ishigaki] NEAR TAIWAN.

Move by Tokyo ala JSDF all but certain to infuriate or anger Beijing + PLA.

In China's mind, as undoubtedly related or linked to ...

* WORLD NEWS > [Yahoo News] US-ASIA AMPHIBIOUS FORCES' GATHERING SIGNALS NUDGE TO CHINA CONTAINMENT.

versus

* TOPIX [Rediff] CHINA IS MOVING FROM COOPERATION TO CONFRONTATION.

* WORLD MILITARY FORUM > PLA ARMY DAILY DENOUNCES US THREAT TO DEPLOY AIRCRAFT AND SHIPS TO DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA. US MUST NOT THINK THAT CHINA + PLA ARE AFRAID OF WAR.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2015-05-21 23:03|| 2015-05-21 23:03|| Front Page Top

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