Posted on 05/11/2012 10:07:21 AM PDT by shadowrider
Reports in Japan said five Chinese warships – including two guided missile destroyers, two frigates and a amphibious landing ship – had passed through waters close to Okinawa moving to Philippine reefs.
(Excerpt) Read more at telegraph.co.uk ...
Reports from the Central Taiwan’s Central News Agency on May 10 issued a document said that mainland forces in the Guangzhou Military Region and the South China Sea Fleet have declared a level-two combat readiness state. In addition, adjacent to the Guangzhou Military Region, Nanjing Military Region, Navy and Air Force, Second Artillery Corps, Airborne 15 Army were put on the third state of combat readiness.
This is what happens when you have a meterosexual as Commander In Chief.
Our fleet should be there to deter this.
Maybe time to send the US Carl Vincent for some lumpia.
Our fleet should be there to deter this.
Really? Even assuming that obama would want to help the Philippines against Chinese aggression, the Filipinos were so hot and fired up to get rid of us...let them put their big girl panties on and deal with China by themselves for a while.
The comments section is fairly rife with ChiComs posing as English or Americans. You can tell just by reading their comments they are neither. The same can be found on almost all other online media sites that have comments sections.
The ChiCom propoganda arm is hard at work on this one, so you have to think that this conflict is fairly important to them.
And I meant the comments section in the linked article, not here at FR :D
I’m guessing there won’t be any place to land those troops.
“No mommy, no daddy, no rich Uncle Sammy.”
If we wanted a naval base in the Phillipines, all the more reason not to lose the country to China. That’s our big boy pants.
Or doing their bidding to make the next payroll cycle.
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