"We're watching them," said Adml Keating. "We're paying close attention. But I don't view China as a threat. We don't want them to view us as a threat.
Posted on 10/02/2009 10:53:45 PM PDT by Flavius
Admiral Timothy Keating said the closed lines of communication between China and the rest of the world could increase the risk of a serious military incident.
Last month, Adml Keating reached out to China's leaders, offering the prospect of joint military exercises between the US and China. "We are anxious to engage with them at the earliest opportunity," he said. "We want to understand much better than we do now China's intentions".
"We're watching them," said Adml Keating. "We're paying close attention. But I don't view China as a threat. We don't want them to view us as a threat."
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"We're watching them," said Adml Keating. "We're paying close attention. But I don't view China as a threat. We don't want them to view us as a threat.
If Admiral Timothy Keating really wanted to open up the lines then he should invite to look at all the black-op you know the secret stuff I very sure if we show ours they will show theirs. /s
its all really pointless
“US military leader: China’s army still secretive”
What? We actually HAVE a “military leader?”
Why don’t they DO something then? bam is murdering our TROOPS. No other word for it.
Don't worry. At the first sign of the slightest bit of bother, Obama will immediately apologize for everything noble that he had nothing to do with, take credit for being personally wonderful enough to say so, and give away something that isn't his to people who wish we'd all just die already.
They can’t keep an army that large a secret especially in the age of spy satellites,DigiGlobe and Google Earth.
physical threat of course
financial threat? oh baby that’s a done deal the bamster’s coterie of thugs in Congress have written checks with their mouths that their a$$ can’t cash. We OWE BIG TIME
What a dolt.
Of course they are secretive. No one in the China military knows what the command order is. This is a feature of undemocratic, yet highly political structures. No one cans speak authoritatively because no one is legitimately in charge.
US military leader: China’s army still secretive
***Aren’t armies supposed to be secretive?
Of COURSE they are secretive! Of COURSE they are a threat! They want to KICK our ASSES!
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