Posted on 10/09/2015 10:56:08 AM PDT by blam
Tyler Durden
10/09/2015
While the geopolitical posturing between the US and China over the South China Seas is nothing new, the latest and most dramatic installment started just one month ago, when as part of its celebration to commemorate the successful victory over Japan in World War II, China sailed five warships to the Bering Sea, off the coast of Alaska, just as Obama was quite literally taking selfies of himself a few hundred miles away.
Then yesterday, in the latest US attempt to one-up China despite the now long forgotten visit of China's president to the US which clearly achieved absolutely nothing, and resolved even less, we reported that the US would retaliate to the most recent Chinese "prank" by sailing warships close to China’s artificial islands in the South China Sea as a signal to Beijing that Washington does not recognise Chinese territorial claims over the area.
A senior US official told the Financial Times that the ships would sail inside the 12-nautical mile zones that China claims as territory around some of the islands it has constructed in the Spratly chain. The official, who did not want to be named, said the manoeuvres were expected to start in the next two weeks.
The move, which is likely to raise tensions between the powers, comes amid disagreement over several issues, including US allegations that China is engaging in commercial cyber espionage.
As a reminder, this is area which is provoking so much consternation due to the location of vast commodity resource fields underneath:
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Should have just done it, now a whole scenario is started that can’t end well for the US.
I’m so sick of everyone from that piece of @#$ country Iran to russia and china talking smack. Back it the @#$4 up and see how fast your ships and planes fall from the sky.
or just shut the @#$@$# up.
Yes, Russia and China are trying to advance quickly technology wise, but if you read the most current research, they are still way behind American technology regarding tracking, drones, intel, lasers, and on and on.
to heck with them .
It's the announcement before hand that is troubling. That's rookie stuff...or deliberate, pre-war posturing.
Whether Obama allows this or the next POTUS orders it, it must be done.
The sharks smell the blood in the water and they know they can’t count on the next president to be such a douche bag.
that’s why the next 15 months are likely to be some of the most dangerous in the history of our country.
The Chinese must have been drunk when they drew those
Wonder how many golf games Obama has planned as soon as China invades Taiwan?
As opposed to Obama, who insists that anything American be violated.
The next prez, like Obama and Bush, won't have a ratified Law of the Sea Treaty. Neither Bush nor Obama could get it ratified.
Those opposed to ratifying say that the US has a powerful navy and can blow their ass out of the water.
Maritime Territorial and Exclusive Economic Zone Disputes Involving China
I rekon it is time to brush up on my Mandarin Chinese.
Problem is that all wrs end up being decided by ground forces, and China and Russia fight to win.
Why this upcoming vote for Speaker of the house of Representatives is so very, very important?
Let's first look at the US Constitution, the Supreme Law of the United States of America.
Article II.
Section 1. clause 6
In case of the removal of the President from office, or of his death, resignation, or Inability to discharge the powers and duties of the said office, the same shall devolve on the Vice President, and the Congress may by law provide for the case of removal, death, resignation or Inability, both of the President and Vice President declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. (Modified by: Amendment 20 & Amendment 25)
Section 4
. The President, Vice President and all civil officers of the United States, shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors.
Now let's look at the line of succession, in the event the President either dies or is removed from office.
Order of Presidential Succession
According to the Presidential Succession Act of 1792, the Senate president pro tempore1 was next in line after the vice president to succeed to the presidency, followed by the Speaker of the House.
In 1886, however, Congress changed the order of presidential succession, replacing the president pro tempore and the Speaker with the cabinet officers. Proponents of this change argued that the congressional leaders lacked executive experience, and none had served as president, while six former secretaries of state had later been elected to that office.
The Presidential Succession Act of 1947, signed by President Harry Truman, changed the order again to what it is today. The cabinet members are ordered in the line of succession according to the date their offices were established.
Prior to the ratification of the 25th Amendment in 1967, there was no provision for filling a vacancy in the vice presidency. When a president died in office, the vice president succeeded him, and the vice presidency then remained vacant. The first vice president to take office under the new procedure was Gerald Ford, who was nominated by Nixon on Oct. 12, 1973, and confirmed by Congress the following Dec. 6.
The Vice President is first inline to be president, but if he too were either to die or be impeached at the same time as the president, then it is the Speaker of the House
Folks, with the very liberal Boehner out of he way, a man who believes in this nation, as Speaker of the House could very easily be the next president.
Eli, Eli, nai erchomai Kurios Iesous.
i always found that crazy.
we probably could have bombed Germany and even Iraq day and night forever but the ground would still belong to them.
until troops go in and secure it
if the situation in syria keeps devolving, the majority would support such a move possibly
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