Posted on 03/12/2009 5:22:43 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron
From The TimesMarch 12, 2009
US warships head for South China Sea after standoffTim Reid in Washington A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.
Mr Obama’s decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.
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Having this guy at the helm makes me very nervous
I think it was under a another headline but im glad it got posted again so more people can ck it out
0bama will do anything to put WalMart out of business - even start a war with China.
Now that’s a real positive move! I’m glad he’s taking strong action.
I know that a number of previous posters have said that he wouldn’t take strong action — but it’s happening and that’s positive. Don’t let those Chinese run us out of International waters....
“Having this guy at the helm makes me very nervous.”
No kidding. If a Chinese sailor farts in the general direction of one of our ships Odumbo will order the captains of the US ships to surrender their vessels and crews to the Chinese.
Lol...ooops, I shouldn't laugh, you could be right :(
Ahhhh Gaaawwwd, it figures you would post something like that...shew, shew, GO AWAY
Such a provocative act! Warmonger!
Navy.mil :
Ships and Submarines
Deployable Battle Force Ships: 284
Ships Underway (away from homeport): 127 ships (45% of total)
On deployment: 106 ships (37% of total)
Attack submarines underway (away from homeport): 27 submarines (50%)
On deployment: 20 submarines (37%)
Ships Underway
Carriers:
USS Nimitz (CVN 68) - Pacific Ocean
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) - 5th Fleet
USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) - 5th Fleet
USS George Washington (CVN 73) - Pacific Ocean
USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) - Atlantic Ocean
USS Ronald Reagan (CVN 76) - Pacific Ocean
Amphibious Warfare Ships:
USS Essex (LHD 2) - East China Sea
USS Boxer (LHD 4) - Gulf of Aden
USS Bataan (LHD 5) - Atlantic Ocean
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This is today’s,,,
We already had carriers there...;0)
No worries, it's still firmly embedded.
If we get “scraped’ a 2nd time, I would like to know what this doofus intends to do.
Mehtinks it’s the Naval and Pentagon brass who overrode O’s decision NOT to retaliate.
Why are the chinese doing this? Didn’t the democrats give them enough free super secret weapon technology lately? Maybe obama needs to call up al gore and send him over to china with a few gifts.
Umm, do you remember what Biden said about the crisis that was gonna happen (be made to happen)? Well guess what this is. How about a dumbass idea like picking a fight with China!
Keep telling yourself that. The Chinese own nobama, you think this nothing but mere charades?
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