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To: ari-freedom; Fred; guitarplayer1953
Ah...here it is.

US warships head for South China Sea after standoff
From The Times ^ | March 12, 2009 | Tim Reid in Washington

Excerpt of excerpt:

"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."


17 posted on 03/13/2009 1:16:38 AM PDT by familyop (combat engineer (combat), National Guard, '89-'96, Duncan Hunter or no-vote, http://falconparty.com/)
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To: familyop
Wow, A potential conflict sounds scary.

...heavily armed American destroyers do we have any lightly armed ones?

This is the media trying to get eyeballs on webpages (I would have said sell newspapers, but does anyone buy newspapers anymore?).

36 posted on 03/13/2009 5:07:26 PM PDT by 1010RD (First Do No Harm)
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