Posted on 03/12/2009 5:22:43 PM PDT by Las Vegas Ron
From The TimesMarch 12, 2009
US warships head for South China Sea after standoffTim Reid in Washington A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.
Mr Obamas decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.
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So this aticle is just so zer0 can look like a tough guy?
Prophetic words: Obama will be tried by the world within 6 months of being President....=Biden
Na he's just making sure the next loan installment will arrive safely!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You said — “Ahhhh Gaaawwwd, it figures you would post something like that...shew, shew, GO AWAY”
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Now, wait a minute. It was only hours and maybe a day ago, that many posters were criticizing Obama — ahead of time — for “acting wimpy” and that he was going to apologize and do nothing. And everyone was saying “Yep, yep, yep..., that’s what is going to happen.”
But now that Obama acts in the way that everyone originally wanted, i.e., defending our ship’s rights to be in those waters — how can one criticize? That’s exactly the action that everyone wanted.
You can criticize Obama on his liberal policies and oppose them when they warrant it and they surely do, but in an instance where they don’t — at least, he did the right thing...
I didn’t vote for him and I never would, but I can see that one thing or another thing he does happens to be right — even if he does 99 things wrong... LOL...
His approval numbers are falling. What better way to reverse that trend than start a skirmish. Wag the dog. Isn’t that what they called it during the Clinton years?
The result turns out to be the right one, nonetheless...
La la la la la la....I can’t hear you
Did Barry check with Nancy first? She might want to take a cruise with her family. As long as we keep enough air assets grounded for her, I guess it’s ok.
No 3am call?
You said — “How about a dumbass idea like picking a fight with China!”
I think it happened with Bush, too. Didn’t the Chinese cut up one of our planes and send it back to us in pieces? ... LOL...
would you rathe have your head up your rectum or look a Michell Obawitch
Oh, and please buy $3 Trillion of our bonds.
You said — “The Chinese own nobama, you think this nothing but mere charades?”
To have Obama apologize to China, like some said a day ago, that he would do — would be a charade. To protect our ship in International waters — no, that’s our right and that’s exactly what all the posters were saying should be done (except that they didn’t believe it would be done...).
They are letting him make decisions now? Not sure how I feel about that. On one hand, could it make things worse? On the other, 48 is a bit late in life to start.
Roger Dat!,,,
Navy.mil then click > Ship Status < pulls up that list,,,
This is over the joint-ops (US-SK) and lil’kim shootin’off
his Ding Dong Rocketship...;0)
Any other time I'd think that might qualify as tin foil hat stuff.
More and more governs are rethinking taking "stimulus blackmail" from the feds, zer0 might think he needs another crisis?
I don't trust these people and there isn't anything they would do to reach their goals
Gosh..., that brings back memories, of my daughter when she was a little tyke... :-)
We should all be nervous. Hopefully he has the sense to let the adults at the DOD make the decisions.
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