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China won't let U.S. Navy ship dock in Hong Kong amid trade tensions
Reuters via NBC News ^
| 08/13/2019
Posted on 08/13/2019 12:35:22 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
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To: DownInFlames
The UK mistake was trying to be all polite and sycophantic and bringing up lease renewal of the New Territories with the communists - who did not even hold the lease.
UK never thought the communists would say no, which was stupid. They didn’t have to ask at all.
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posted on
08/13/2019 2:30:48 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: wildcard_redneck
President Trump should bind up the ChiComs by threatening to remove China's illegal artificial island bases in the South China Sea if they violently suppress the Hong Kong demonstrations. Why? What the heck are those islands to us? Nothing over there is worth the life of a single Navy sailor or Marine.
To: DownInFlames
And, after communists said no, the UK could have said and should have said that as member states in the UN, both nations know placing a colonial holding under another authority without allowing the colony self determination is a violation of the UN charter.
So they couldn’t “return” Hong Kong as that would be illegal under the charter both countries abide by and agree to as founding UN members.
Brits screwed up and then sold out Hong Kong.
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posted on
08/13/2019 2:36:46 PM PDT
by
ifinnegan
(Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
To: SeekAndFind; All
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posted on
08/13/2019 3:00:52 PM PDT
by
mosesdapoet
(mosesdapoet aka L,J,Keslin posting for the record hoping some might read and pass around)
To: fuente
There’ll be some disappointed brothel madams.
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posted on
08/13/2019 3:15:53 PM PDT
by
Eleutheria5
(If you are not prepared to use force to defend civilization, then be prepared to accept barbarism.)
To: ifinnegan
My thought exactly. Head for Taiwan. They like Americans and treat them well and honest. In Kaohsiung go straight away from the train station to First Christian Street about 2 blocks down. turn right for 7 blocks. See SPA 7A on building. Go up and get a great Thai massage. Strictly above board, no funny stuff or yellow color as they say.
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posted on
08/13/2019 3:46:39 PM PDT
by
oldasrocks
(Heavily Medicated for your Protection.)
To: SeekAndFind
No Liberty Call in Hong Kong.
Bummer.
It’s a great place to drink, eat and meet girls.
Fond memories...
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posted on
08/13/2019 3:54:50 PM PDT
by
Mariner
(War Criminal #18)
To: montag813
“Why? What the heck are those islands to us? Nothing over there is worth the life of a single Navy sailor or Marine.”
Because the United States of America is a maritime nation and Freedom of the Seas is critically important to our economy. That’s why.
The ChiComs built those artificial islands in other countries’ territorial waters and there are a lot of countries that will ally with us to defend their territorial waters.
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posted on
08/13/2019 4:52:23 PM PDT
by
wildcard_redneck
(Freeper formerly known as WMarshal.......)
To: John S Mosby
The 12,000 plus Peoples Liberation Army that is deployed inside Hong Kong financial district and other key areas armed and ready to shoot the protesting Freedom Loving Free China Patriots=== THAT might have something to do with it. The assault amphibious ship could be used to evacuate US citizens who would also be shot. Pray for the Hong Kong people. And curse the idiot Brits for ever giving this up to the chi-coms.
Partner, we will pray for the protesters in Hong Kong and the singing of our National Anthem last night by these protestors was very touching indeed.
The Chicoms have wanted back Hong Kong since it is one to the financial centers of the world. The Chicoms got it free from the Brits without the Chicoms ever paying a penny. "How Do You Like Them Apples"!
We hope Taiwan never goes to the Chicoms but it would if we ever had an America Hating POTUS like Obama.
We better make sure that "Singapore" will never be like Hong Kong and Singapore is one of the financial centers of the world.
Singapore is getting more important than ever since most of the folks in Hong Kong will now leave Hong Kong forever and move to Vancouver, Canada and Singapore.
To: TheConservativeTejano
It should be noted that there are in fact Chicaps.
It is going to be interesting to see the result of Chicap actions found acceptable by the Chicoms for the simple reason the whole nation will fail absent continued Chicap business leaadership
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posted on
08/15/2019 6:45:16 AM PDT
by
bert
( (KE. NP. N.btyC. +12) Progressives are existential American enemies)
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