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China-Japan-Koreas
Obama Blocks Navy from Sailing Near Disputed Chinese islands
2015-09-19
[FreeBeacon] The Obama (spit) administration has restricted the U.S. Pacific Command from sending ships and aircraft within 12 miles of disputed Chinese-built islands in the South China Sea, bolstering Beijing's illegal claims over the vital seaway, Pentagon leaders revealed to Congress on Thursday.

"The administration has continued to restrict our Navy ships from operating within 12 nautical miles of China's reclaimed islands," Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Sen. John McCain (R., Ariz.) said in opening remarks criticizing the failure to guarantee safe passage for international commercial ships in Asia.

"This is a dangerous mistake that grants de facto recognition of China's man-made sovereignty claims," he said.

The South China Sea is a strategic waterway used to transport $5 trillion annually in goods, including $1.2 trillion in trade to the United States.
"The Great Retreat" - kind of sucks.
Posted by:Blossom Unains5562

#7  Send the Japanese.
Posted by: Skidmark   2015-09-19 11:19  

#6  With such a CIC, who needs an enemy?
Posted by: JohnQC   2015-09-19 10:19  

#5  G(r)om, you have a point, but personally I would prefer psychotics that that are more open to discussion. You know, indecisive.
Posted by: ed in texas   2015-09-19 09:32  

#4  Well, it's too bad. On the other hand, if USA keeps electing psychotics, it's better that USA is weaker.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-09-19 02:19  

#3  He must have received the Obama Library ceramic tile cancellation warning memo.
Posted by: Besoeker   2015-09-19 01:07  

#2  OH YEAH, ANOTHER MIGHTY RIGHTEOUS HOMER SIMPSONIAN "DOH"! IS HEARD AGAIN OVER THE PACIFIC, FROM A MADONNA FAN IN GUAM.

"Bolstering Beijing's illegal claims over the vital seaway" > looks like GUAM = USN PEARL HARBOR BATTLESHIP "USS OKLAHOMA" "WILL CAPSIZE" SOON ENUFF.

* Don't fergit DEFENCE.PK/FORUMS > [US PACOM Chief ADM. Harry Harris, USN] US COMMANDER BACKS CHALLENGING CHINA OVER DISPUTED ISLANDS | [SCMP] US COMMANDER SAYS AMERICA SHOULD CHALENGE CHINA'S CLAIMS IN SOUTH CHINA SEA.

* SAME > [Breaking Defense] US HASN'T [directly] CHALLENGED CHINESE "ISLANDS" SINCE 2012.

* TOPIX > [USNI.org] CHINA ISLAND-BUILDING COULD HINT AT [New +] FURTHER EXPANSION IN INDIAN OCEAN.

* WORLD NEWS >[Xinhuanet] FM SPOKESMAN [Hong Lei]: CHINA OPPOSES ANY CHALLENGE OVER SOUTH CHINA SEAS SOVEREIGNTY.

The Airfields-Harbors on China's newly improved SCS "islands" could be used to support/cover a PLA attack + forced takeover of Northern Luzon or large parts therefrom, thus denying both Clark + Subic, etc. former US-now-PH "Shared" Milbases to the US-Allies WHILE ALSO achieving for China + PLA strategic launching areas for its DF-21, DF-26 ASBMS + H-6K heavy bombers, etc.

IFF CHINA + PLA CANNOT DETER OR AVOID DIRECT US MILITARY INTERVENTION IN ANY EAST ASIA MIL CONFLICT AGZ US REGIONAL ALLIES - THE SCS [Philippines, Vietnam] + ECS [Japan, Taiwan] + INDIA, IT MUST DETER OR PREVENT ANY USDOD INTERVENING MILFORS FROM GETTING TOO CLOSE TO THE MAIN THEATERS OF COMBAT/BATTLE - CHINA, THEN, NEEDS LUZON BOTH TO SECURE TAIWAN'S FLANK, + IN ORDER TO ENSURE THAT ITS LR MISSLE + AIRPOWER FORCES HAVE THE FARTHEST OR GREATEST EFFEC RANGE THEY CAN GET TO ATTACK ANY US INTERVENING MILFORS IFF NEED BE STILL IN-COMING FROM WESTPAC OR CENTPAC.

AFAIC the Bammer has just laid the foundation for the presently facadial or nominally
"weak/declining" USA to become A DE FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" USA WHOM WILL ONE DAY END UP USING ADVANCED TECHS TO SINK GUAM + OTHER KEY PACIFIC ISLANDS IN ORDER TO CYA ITS ASS IN A2/AD GZ CHINA + PLA [Nuclear Islam?] + SURVIVE AS IT RETREATS OR FALLS BACK ACROSS THE PACIFIC TOWARDS HAWAII-EASTPAC + CONUS.

What God, Madonna, + my Ancestors foresaw many decades ago hasn't wholly happened yet, BUT THE US-WORLD = JUDEOCHRISTIAN/NON-MUSLIM WORLD HAS PUT ITSELF ON THE PATH + ITS NOT CLEAR IFF THEY CAN GET OFF EVEN IFF THEY TRIED TO.

EYES WIDE OPEN, NOT EYES WIDE SHUT.
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-09-19 01:06  

#1  If you do not defend liberty than you lose it. Yet another Obama vacuum.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-09-19 00:36  

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