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2007-11-22 China-Japan-Koreas

USS Kitty Hawk left at sea for Thanksgiving - Last min. refusal to dock at HongKong

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Posted by 3dc 2007-11-22 00:01|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 Make a port of call to Keelung Taiwan.

Posted by ed 2007-11-22 00:13|| 2007-11-22 00:13|| Front Page Top

#2 Word, ed. Must have something to do with all those poisoned toys.

For all who care, please contact the Kitty Hawk's Master Chief at: cmc@cv63.navy.mil

Please let all of our brave troops know just how much we appreciate their personal sacrifice in this time of war.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-22 00:41|| 2007-11-22 00:41|| Front Page Top

#3 Let's see... Hainan fiasco, submarine dare, satellite killing boast, and that refusal of the Chicoms to let US brass observe their military command and control operations after like kind, I'd say they're wanting a royal f*** O** of the US, except for the contaminated food sources and toys they export. The US won't p*** the Chicoms off by going to Taiwan, so the US will reap what it deserves, kowtowing will only get you turkey dinner on the high seas!!

Posted by smn 2007-11-22 00:58|| 2007-11-22 00:58|| Front Page Top

#4 This is going to backfire bigtime on the Chinese. It is one thing to do little things to annoy our government but this is going to be seen as plain old mean-spirited by a lot of families. Particularly any lower enlisted that spent some of their hard earned for a spouse to fly to Hong Kong.

This has pissed a lot of American families off at China.

Posted by crosspatch 2007-11-22 01:33|| 2007-11-22 01:33|| Front Page Top

#5 I've been expecting this kind of thing for some time now, but thought the ChiComs would wait 'til after the 'Lympics.

Posted by Seafarious">Seafarious 2007-11-22 02:19|| 2007-11-22 02:19|| Front Page Top

#6 They must have heard you, Sea! Looks like they've backed off.

Posted by gorb 2007-11-22 04:06|| 2007-11-22 04:06|| Front Page Top

#7 Backed off? Nah, more likely, they simply made their point. Love the use of the words 'humanitarian grounds' in the gorb's link.

Posted by SteveS 2007-11-22 10:40|| 2007-11-22 10:40|| Front Page Top

#8 G: They must have heard you, Sea! Looks like they've backed off.

From Reuters, courtesy of WaPo:

But it was too late to save the holiday visit. A U.S. official said the trip has since been scrapped and the ships continued steaming to their Japanese base.

Yet another self-inflicted public relations disaster by the Chinese.

Posted by Zhang Fei 2007-11-22 12:11|| http://timurileng.blogspot.com]">[http://timurileng.blogspot.com] 2007-11-22 12:11|| Front Page Top

#9 This has to get more publicity in the drive-by media. This was a calculated insult, and it needs to be seen for the impact it has on the families of the sailors and Marines who went to their folks for the holiday. The Chinese are not our friends and see themselves as our enemy in the latter part of this century. We need to make sure people see them for what they are...

Posted by NoMoreBS">NoMoreBS 2007-11-22 12:17|| 2007-11-22 12:17|| Front Page Top

#10 This has to get more publicity in the drive-by media.

Good luck on that one. The mainland Chinese are Communists, so the MSM will give them a free pass in the end.

Posted by Ricky bin Ricardo (Abu Babaloo) 2007-11-22 12:22|| 2007-11-22 12:22|| Front Page Top

#11 Yeah, this is *exactly* the way the Chinese do business. This was a calculated insult on a holiday that is otherwise meaningless to anyone who's not American. And then the quick backpedaling with the "humanitarian", which offers the choice of accepting a humiliating position.

Our response to this should be interesting. Their next calculated insult will be bigger.

Posted by gromky 2007-11-22 13:23|| 2007-11-22 13:23|| Front Page Top

#12 Oh yeah, P.S. SHITTY KITTY SHITTY KITTY

Posted by gromky 2007-11-22 13:24|| 2007-11-22 13:24|| Front Page Top

#13 Our response to this should be interesting. Their next calculated insult will be bigger.

Two words: Olympic Boycott

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-22 13:31|| 2007-11-22 13:31|| Front Page Top

#14 We make friends with the ChiComs bbecause of their immmense population. Does pop. size make them any less evil? Nixon's big mistake in "opening up" China. Why do we buy billions in schlock from this evil entity?

Posted by borgboy2001 2007-11-22 18:53|| 2007-11-22 18:53|| Front Page Top

#15 Why do we buy billions in schlock from this evil entity?

Campaign contributors to both sides of the aisle make so much money from outsourcing ~~our jobs~~ their production to China that offending them is a financial third rail for any incumbent or aspiring politician. Just look into the donations by Wal-Mart (alone about 10% of the entire Chinese trade deficit), Circuit City, The Good Guys and everyone else who slurps at Uncle Mao's all-you-can-suck cheap labor tit.

Posted by Zenster">Zenster 2007-11-22 21:20|| 2007-11-22 21:20|| Front Page Top

#16 I am so sick of the Chicoms snubbing or denying like kind responses in the US-Sino 'relations'! The trump card behind all of this is the trade deficit that the Red Army holds over the US, thus cementing the 'take it or leave it' or 'it is or else' mentality by China. King smn recommends to the US government the following points they should immediately inact: 1)Tit for Tat that last Chicom move by canceling all non import vessels to all US ports. 2)cancel the joint search and rescue operation exercises, 3)Reaffirm port calls and visits to Taiwan.
The US must prepare for that other Red shoe to drop in the future, when China backs away from the US dollar (such as what the Iranians are doing now), that would hedge their society by doing so. Prepare offensive "killer" satellite 'Sentrys' to guard near space surveillance and reconnaissance assets. My hunch as usual, will have the US Admiral sitting on a non starter, as "W" become more focused on the Iranian issue; trying to keep the Chicoms 'calm'. The American people will lead the way for "W"'s embarrassment when the slumping Christmas sales from the defacto 'boycott' of Chinese toys slap the face of the US toy companies next month!

Posted by smn 2007-11-22 23:53|| 2007-11-22 23:53|| Front Page Top

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