"The United Front hasn't confined itself to the mainland. It is targeting academics, students, war veterans, doctors and local leaders in Taiwan in an attempt to soften opposition to the Communist Party and ultimately build support for unification. The 2013 work report, reviewed by Reuters, includes details of a program to bring Taiwanese students and military veterans on visits to the mainland." Well, this approach seems to have worked in the US of A!
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South China Sea, East China Sea, India-Pakistan, or even GUAM-CNMI-WESTPAC etc. future World #1 Wannabe + "US-style", Par-wid-the-US-NOT-Inferior-to-the-US OWG Co-Superpower + East Asia/Asia Global Federal Union(s) El Supremo China's priority or focii will be the capture of TAIWAN.
Again, in China's mind TAIWAN = equivalent of US' Pearl Harbor and Norfolk, etc. CENTCOMS = SUPER-BASES.
Put another way, China + PLA will NOT wage war for strategic access + Manifest Destiny in East Asia-Pacific agz US-Allies unless it believes it can get or capture Taiwan. THE CAPTURE OF TAIWAN IS KEY TO CHINA'S DESIRE, ABILITY TO CONTROL AT LEAST 1/2 OF THE PACIFIC BY 2020 NLT 2025 + ALL THE ABOVE PER THE "POST-US/ANTI-US" GLOBALIST AGENDA.
Wid the US isolated or contained to HAWAII + WEST COAST = EASTPAC - BUT-T-T, CHINA WOULD LIKE TO HAVE HAWAII AS WELL AS GUAM-WESTPAC IFF THEY CAN GET IT.
h/t Instapundit
The Wise People of American foreign policy â Madeleine Albright, General Jack Keane, Henry Kissinger, General James Mattis, George Shultz, and others â recently testified before Congress. Their candid and insightful collective message dovetailed with the worries of many former Obama-administration officials, such as one-time defense secretaries Robert Gates and Leon Panetta, as well as a former director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, Lieutenant General Michael Flynn. Their consensus is that the U.S. is drifting, and with it the world at large: The Obama administration has not formulated a consistent strategy to cope with the advance of second-generation Islamic terrorism. It is confused by the state upheavals in the Middle East. It is surprised by the aggression of Putinâs Russia and the ascendance of an autocratic China. Our allies in Europe, much of democratic Asia, and Israel all worry that the U.S. is rudderless, as it slashes its military budget and withdraws from prior commitments.
While I think the symptomology of an ailing, herky-jerky United States is correct, the cause of such malaise is left unspoken. The Obama team â with its foreign policy formulated by President Obama himself, National Security Advisor Susan Rice, Deputy National Security Advisor Ben Rhodes, White House consigliere Valerie Jarrett, Vice President Joe Biden, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, and present Secretary of State John Kerry â is not in fact befuddled by the existing world. Instead, it is intent on changing it into something quite different from what it is.
So far from being chaotic, current U.S. foreign policy is consistent, logical, and based on four pillars of belief.
1. Readjustments in the global order are long overdue.
2. All nations and interests act rationally â if given a chance. Except the inherently evil Zionist Entity 3. Do abroad as we try to do at home.
4. Donât sweat the details.
Obama himself is a prophet, not a bureaucrat. The details of his grand vision will be left to younger, fresher functionaries who can sort out the confusions of implementation
...Prophets are not like us and have no responsibility to articulate details or insist on logical consistency, much less to worry about how others of less talent implement their grand visions.
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I think he just thinks he is super smart because others believe so and he's surrounded by yes men that rationalize all the damage he's doing so he has no idea he's burning the world down.
[BREITBART] US President Barack Obama I am not a dictator!... is leader of the free world.
Tough gig, but somebody has to do it. Trouble is, he seems utterly adrift when it comes to dealing with the day-to-day demands of such an onerous job description. Take Tuesday when he was asked for a reaction to ISIS releasing a video showing a captured Jordanian pilot being burned alive.
Obama said: "You know, I just got word of the video that had been released. I don't know the details on the confirmation. Should in fact this video be authentic, it's just one more indication of the viciousness and barbarity of this organization. And I think we will redouble the vigilance and determination on the part of global coalition to make sure that they are degraded and ultimately defeated. It also indicates the degree to which whatever ideology they are operating off of, it's bankrupt. We're here to talk about how to make people healthier and make their lives better. And this organization appears only interested in death and destruction. Thank you very much, everybody."
It could have been worse. Obama could have finished by saying: "Anyone for golf?" If he had, plenty of people would have believed him given his track record of profound disengagement from the problems that beset the world.
The clue to Obama's dreamy bemusement lies in the words: "whatever ideology they are operating off of, it's bankrupt."
Go on Barack, take a quick stab at that ideology thing. Are they ‐ Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... ‐ really an ideological terrorist cover for Presbyterianism? Radical Quakers? Mormons, Jews, Hindus or pastafarians? Is that their political/religious orientation?
Maybe you could ask your lyrically named White House press secretary Josh Earnest for a clue. Or not. Remember Mr Earnest did all he could to dance around the words "radical Islam" in the wake of the terror attacks in La Belle France. He did so because it's about "accuracy."
A news hound asked why the B.O. regime would not follow the French who "are calling the ideology, the warped view, by a name," and pointed out that Earnest fudged his chance. "Is there a reason for that?"
"The first is accuracy," Earnest huffed. "These are individuals who carried out an act of terrorism and they later tried to justify an act of terrorism by invoking Islam and their own deviant view. The second is, this was an act that was condemned by Moslem leaders. We have not chosen to use that label because it does not accurately describe what happened."
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"Okay, time to put an end to this whole discussion that Eddie Routh suffered from PTSD. For those of you who do not know, Eddie Routh is the murderer of US Navy SEAL Chris Kyle.
Eddie Routh served one tour in Iraq in 2007, at Balad Air Base (the 2nd largest U.S. installation in Iraq), with no significant events. No combat experience. Let me say that again, he NEVER SAW COMBAT or any aspect of traumatic events associated with a combat deployment (i.e. incoming mortar or rocket fire). He never left the base, EVER.
He held a non-combat arms occupation of 2111 (Small Arms Repairer/ Technician or more commonly referred to as an Armorer). Balad Air Base had a Pizza Hut, 24 hour Buger King, Subway, Popeye's, Baskin Robbins, movie theater, and even a miniature golf course. It even had a strictly enforced 10 mile per hour speed limit! What a dangerous place...
His tour was comparable to being on a base in southern California, only with MANY more luxuries that were catered to the morale and welfare of the troops who occupied it. He was known to be a drug user and a below average performer while in the Marine Corps.
This has NOTHING to do with PTSD. He was an individual with psychological problems that were not associated with his service. So don't give me that bleeding heart bullshit that he was a veteran suffering from PTSD.
He was a piece of shit, end of story." "Terrorist Sympathizer" evidence (salt to taste) contained in the main link.
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Absolutely no disrespect intended for brave American Chris Kyle, but not everybody at the gun range is your friend. I generally prefer going alone, and on a weekday. A firing lane on the extreme left side if available, and the earlier in the day, the better.
#4
Everybody at MY gun range will be my friend - now that I have a bunch of acres out in the countryside. Just need to clear some brush and trees for a firing lane near the house...
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