“Prior to 911, the Chinese militarily took down a US military aircraft into their own territory. That was hugely aggressive.
Utterly retarded. A reconnaissance plane in international space, skirted along the edge of Chinese airspace, as has been done for decades. A Chinese fighter intercepted it and escorted it, as has been done for decades.
The third world barnstormer pilot accidently collided with the patrol plane, displaying 3rd world skill levels,,,as has been done for decades.
The crew landed in China.
Everyone had a tar baby on their hands.
Crew came home 10 days later,,,with all their fingernails.
Chinese apologized for something,,presumably their nutty pilot who had a previous hot dog reputation. And we apologized for something,, presumably taking up ramp space at their base.
Is THAT your reason why we should be interventionist all over earth? That makes no sense at all. As for Iranians seizing a vessel, that has always been justified war. In fact it is exactly what the Barbary pirate was was over.
This ludicrous psychocleansing of Chinese militarism is typical of why I don’t want this crowd running foreign policy.
It’s obvious that only neocons have unethical aspirations. Chinese communists are just seeking humane cooperation. Why can’t I just see that and stand down?
In many respects it’s irrelevant. Let’s follow these false predicates until the next catastrophic attack. Then you’re foolishness will be publicly drowned. It’s just a shame that Americans have to die to prove the matter.