Posted on 03/21/2007 6:53:50 AM PDT by pissant
Although Congress has killed a deal to lease the abandoned Long Beach Naval Station to a Chinese shipping company, local officials are still fighting to make other accommodations to keep the China Ocean Shipping Co. from leaving the harbor.
Port of Long Beach officials were officially stripped of their ability to lease the former Navy land to COSCO late last week, when congressional conferees submitted to Congress the 1998-1999 defense authorization bill. The legislation's final language effectively prohibits the Chinese company from leasing any part of the Long Beach Naval Station after it is converted into a cargo terminal. Officials said there is virtually no chance of amending the bill. (snip)
Leading the effort to block COSCO from the facility were Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-OK, and Reps. Duncan Hunter and Randy "Duke" Cunningham, both San Diego-area Republicans. They and their conservative colleagues asserted that Chinese Communists could use the former base for military purposes and intelligence-gathering, allegations first raised in WorldNetDaily more than 18 months ago. Port officials and COSCO supporters disputed that contention citing two recent Department of Defense reports show that the shipping line does not present a national security threat to the United States.
"COSCO has a long and very troubling record of shipping both weapons and components of mass destruction around the world," said Hunter. "For all practical purposes, COSCO is the merchant marine of the Chinese military. As a result, they carry the cargo of the Chinese military upon command and without question. We do not need to increase their access to American soil."
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"For all practical purposes, COSCO is the merchant marine of the Chinese military. As a result, they carry the cargo of the Chinese military upon command and without question. We do not need to increase their access to American soil."
Know anybody else talking about China today?
"For all practical purposes, COSCO is the merchant marine of the Chinese military. As a result, they carry the cargo of the Chinese military upon command and without question. We do not need to increase their access to American soil."
Know anybody else talking about China today?
Whoops. Sorry for the double ping.
Talking about the threat of China since 1980, and still considers them the enemy they are.
Long Beach would be more convenient than Panama for the Chinese planning to subvert, if not outright attack, our country. At the least, it would provide them an excellent opportunity to smuggle in hundreds of thousands of spies and illegals. Thank heaven someone in Congress has working brainparts. If find it pathetic that there is not a single American firm capable of taking on a managing this huge port at a profit.
Well well, the news these days isn't all bad. Glad to hear this finally happened!
I like letting libtards rant about Dubai for a while, then I drop Long Beach into the argument and let them crash and burn.
This was 1998. Congress, led by Hunter, did not allow COSCO to buy the place and control it. Instead, they get to lease space.
Sorry, this is 1998! Just getting Hunter's years of hardwork and patritism documented. :o)
lol I should have read the date myself. It's still too early with not near enough coffee :P
Can't open it. can you excerpt the key parts for us?
Hunter's the man for throwing a monkey wrench into this stupid plan!
Oh, this happened in 1998. I didn't catch that.
Know anybody else talking about China today?
Not too many talking about Messico and Central/South America, either, except behind the scenes.
An added tidbit here.
China's COSCO owns Golden Ocean Group.
Let's not forget the shipment of prison labor by the snakeheads on the Golden Venture voyage in 1993.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1597900/posts
'Sister Ping' Convicted in Smuggling Scheme
Duncan Hunter knows how to get things done!
He will make a fantastic president.
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If not, let me see about transferring it to MS Word. Can you open MS Word?
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