Posted on 06/06/2007 11:49:57 AM PDT by PghBaldy
Pentagon officials are hoping that members of Congress will notice that the senior admiral in charge of the U.S. Pacific Command set the stage for violating congressional limits on military exchanges with China by recently offering to help Beijing build an aircraft carrier.
Adm. Tim Keating, the U.S. Pacific Command leader, told reporters during his visit to China last month that while building and operating a carrier battle group is complex, the United States is willing to help.
"We would, if they choose to develop [an aircraft-carrier program], help them to the degree that they seek and the degree that we're capable, in developing their programs," Adm. Keating said.
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ESPECIALLY considering China seems to go out of their way to snuggle up to enemies of ours, and provides weapons to same.
They also occasionally threaten us with a nuclear holocaust.
He’ll just say we are zenophobes./ sarc
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