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2016-01-06 Home Front: WoT

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Posted by Steve White 2016-01-06 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 Soviet Premier Jozef Stalin = "Quantity has a Quality all of its own".

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-06 01:41|| 2016-01-06 01:41|| Front Page Top

#2 China is launching tons of ships all the time. The scary part is, it's not all frigates and destroyers, they're building lots of boring logistics and supply ships. http://china-defense.blogspot.com has the details.

Posted by Thraling Hupoluns2819 2016-01-06 02:17|| 2016-01-06 02:17|| Front Page Top

#3 ...and have our allies in the region take on more of the burden.

What and end military welfare for first world nations? Next you'll tell me there is no magic money tree.

Posted by Procopius2k 2016-01-06 09:59|| 2016-01-06 09:59|| Front Page Top

#4 What and end military welfare for first world nations?

I suspect they'll end up stepping-up anyway, out of a lack of trust in your President and his administration, if anything.

Posted by Pappy 2016-01-06 21:19|| 2016-01-06 21:19|| Front Page Top

#5 Soviet Premier Jozef Stalin = "Quantity has a Quality all of its own".

If I recall correctly, that quote/sentiment should be attributed to von Clausewitz

Posted by badanov 2016-01-06 21:39|| http://www.chriscovert.net 2016-01-06 21:39|| Front Page Top

#6 Sorry, #5, I tried to keyword search and verify the author, + it does appear this AM to be Stalin, not Clausewitz.

It might also be Friedrich the Great but I haven't keyword searched him.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-06 22:12|| 2016-01-06 22:12|| Front Page Top

#7 More Net News this still-wet Guam AM ...

* MILITARY TIMES > NEW US NAVY LEADER [Incoming CNO ADM. John M. Robertson]: "NUKES [+ New Tech = New Gener Nuclear Submarines] ARE 'FOUNDATIONAL' TO OUR NATIONAL SURVIVAL". US likely to be see return to "Great Power(s) geopol competition [OWG Co-Superpower(s)?] NOT seen for 25 years.

To paraph an early 1970's PBS Ad in support of improving Amer's General Reading Skills + Books, NUKES + NUKE SUBS "IS FUNDAMENTAL"???

* SAME > AFTER NORTH KOREA NUKE TEST, 25,000 US TROOPS WAIT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.

* TWITTER @ROBERTCOBRIEN > SENSING US WEAKNESS, CHINA TERRITORIAL AIMS ARE NOW BEYOND SPRATLYS AND SENKAKUS TO THE RYUKYUS INCLUDING OKINAWA [Island] | [Daily Beast = Repost] NOW CHINA WANTS OKINAWA, SITE OF US BASES IN JAPAN. BEIJING IS PUSHING IN ALL DIRECTIONS FROM THE SOUTH CHINA SEA TO SEVERAL JAPANESE ISLANDS, WITH EYES ON THE EASTERN PACIFIC THAT LAPS ON AMERICA'S SHORES [US West Coast].

IOW, even iff CHINA gets both GUAM-WESTPAC + HAWAII-EASTPAC, ITS AGENDA + AMBITIONS MAY CAUSE IT TO MOVE EVEN FURTHER BEYOND HAWAII TOWARDS CONUS ITSELF.

* MANILA TIMES > CHINA LANDS TWO MORE [Civilian[ PLANES IN DISPUTED SOUTH CHINA SEA - STATE MEDIA [Xinhua].

* ZERO HEDGE > CHINA SET TO ESTABLISH NO-FLY-ZONE [ADIZ] OVER [SCS] ISLANDS AFTER SUCCESSFUL TEST FLIGHT [flights].

Once NON-MILITARY TEST FLIGHTS/LANDINGS are completed, DE FACTO TESTS USING VARIOUS TYPES OF LIGHT + HEAVY PLA MILITARY AIRCRAFT IS LIKELY - when all is complete, China may then base PLAAF Fighters, etc. there.

* BIGNEWSNETWORK > [ANI] NORTH KOREA NUKE TEST IS "SERIOUS THREAT" TO JAPAN: ABE, + cannot be tolerated or accepted.

YES + NO = IMO KJU = Pudgy = NOKOR won't attack Japan unless NOKOR collapse cannot be stopped, Inter-Korean Reunification has NOT occurred, + CHINA STILL HASN'T RECOVERED TAIWAN.

IFF NOKOR H-A-S OR M-U-S-T GO DOWN, + SOKOR THE ONLY REMNANT OF ANCIENT PAN-KOREAN HOMELAND, IMO PUDGY IS GOING TO TAKE EVERYONE WID HIM TO HELL, BOTH CHINA + US-ALLIES, ETAL.

Posted by JosephMendiola 2016-01-06 23:01|| 2016-01-06 23:01|| Front Page Top

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