Posted on 06/12/2011 5:20:37 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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Vietnam has called on the US and other nations to help resolve the escalating territorial disputes in the resource-rich South China Sea, in a move likely to anger Beijing, which opposes what it sees as outside interference.
Tensions between China and Vietnam continued to rise over the weekend, ahead of live-fire drills planned by Vietnam’s navy on Monday on an islet around 20 miles from the coast of central Vietnam, which Hanoi described as “routine”.
“China is running an information campaign to blind people,” said Pham Gia Minh, a 55-year-old investment consultant who attended a protest outside the Chinese embassy in Hanoi. “We have to let people understand that we want peace but when the aggressor comes we will stand up to them.”
In addition to China and Vietnam, Brunei, Malaysia, the Philippines and Taiwan claim some or all of the territory in the contested area of the South China Sea, which is believed to contain vast oil and gas reserves and incorporates key trade routes and abundant fish stocks.
Erkel Mugabe will swallow that hook sadly.....
I’m with you .... Let em kill each other sloooowly !
Stay Safe...
Yes, that aspect is more important.
There are many books on how completely sub-human these animals were.
This is the account of the Marine officer as aide to the Joint Chiefs when they went to the White House November, 1965, to ask permission of LBJ to bomb Hanoi and mine Haiphong.
He listened for fifteen minutes, cursed them and threw them out.
Several accounts of his sanitizing target lists, restrictive rules of engagement, sanctuary allowed on basis of political boundaries.
His incessant allusions to WW III and the Soviet Union and China which apparently amused Ho Chi Minh no end.
Col. Bui Tin thanked the likes of Hanoi Jane and John Kerry, and said the greatest mistake was not closing the Ho Chi Minh Trail.
Of course Democrats cut the funding and proved their consistency, see also Boland Amendment to the current Obama treason vis a vis Russia.
John Bolton as Secretary of State under President Palin could manage the countervailing forces to our major threat China, while exerting the necessary pressure on Vietnam to extract that which is desired.
"Aid And Comfort": Jane Fonda In North Vietnam"
Transcripts of the twelve broadcasts the traitor made--there's a case precedent for trying her but Nixon feared the power of the Liberal media and entertainment industry.
Thank you and Amen to that! Why should we care one inch for either of these commies. Both are evil and our enemy. I say we instigate a war between the two and have then nuke each other back to the stone age. I lost my Uncle to the VN war. These sneaky, little guys got it coming. A good old fashion ass whipping is much needed.
Vietnam is no angel have a look at their sneaky and aggressive tactics. Stealing and conquering islands from our ally the Philippines, crying wolf when China steals what they have stolen from others. Can’t trust them...Nuke’em!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spratly_Islands
Exactly! This is how wars are won.
Our current rules of engagement is is total failure and a definite way to lose a war. War is about total destruction until the enemy surrenders!!!
They did. Nothing like a Vietnamese malaria bomb.
Even China is smart enough to know not to smack that tar baby.
Little whiny thieving jerks.
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