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Chinese general says will never recklessly resort to force in South China Sea
Reuters ^ | October 16th, 2015 | By Ben Blanchard

Posted on 10/16/2015 9:32:31 PM PDT by Mariner

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Contrary to popular belief...perhaps warranted concern...the first official statement from China on the showdown in the Spratly's is conciliatory.

I guess the US Seventh Fleet is getting close.

1 posted on 10/16/2015 9:32:31 PM PDT by Mariner
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I think they want to drill for oil, not have a naval battle with the US that they are not yet ready to win,.

but i could be wrong.

much more concerned about Syria. Obama is crushed that first Egypt and now Russia have foiled his plans for a muslim brotherhood dominated Middle East.

I have no doubt he is funneling money to MB in Egypt.

And we know he already dropped 50 tons of weapons in Syria,. Lord only knows who grabbed it.

I suspect Russia will or has already blown most of it up on the ground


2 posted on 10/16/2015 9:37:29 PM PDT by dp0622
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This...is going to be bad, then.


3 posted on 10/16/2015 9:40:52 PM PDT by gaijin
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"is going to be bad"

How will it be bad?

4 posted on 10/16/2015 9:42:50 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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And we know he already dropped 50 tons of weapons in Syria,. Lord only knows who grabbed it.

U.S. Airdrop in Syria Ends Up Arming the Kurds

5 posted on 10/16/2015 9:49:51 PM PDT by Ken H
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To: Mariner

Excellent, called Chinese bluff.


6 posted on 10/16/2015 9:50:57 PM PDT by jennychase
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It’s something like one guy sitting in the middle of the movie theater 10 minutes before they start showing previews, and claiming he’s saving the five rows ahead and behind him for friends.


7 posted on 10/16/2015 9:52:25 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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A military guy views recklessly resorting to force as losing.

This guy is confident he won’t lose..


8 posted on 10/16/2015 9:53:50 PM PDT by montanajoe
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"This guy is confident he won’t lose.."

Then he's either suicidal or delusional.

China cannot, does not have the ability to protect those islands from the US Navy. And, they know if they fire, all hell will break lose.

9 posted on 10/16/2015 9:56:58 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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Chinese general says will never recklessly resort to force in South China Sea

So when hostilities do break out, everyone will know China did everything it could to prevent it.

Hogwash!

Lets see what wouldn't be recklessly: Forced into it by the U. S. Territorial waters breached Illegal listening going on U. S. was an aggressor and China couldn't take it anymore It's an interesting claim China and territorial waters in that area. We could pick an island there and play the same game. Hey, China came within our territorial waters too!

10 posted on 10/16/2015 9:57:20 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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"So when hostilities do break out"

There won't be any hostilities...certainly not in the near term.

Hell, I'd bet that when the battle group does cruise through (close enough to see the hull numbers with the naked eye), they'll be downright courteous and turn off the fire control radars.

China has no substantial force in place there and very little ability to project sufficient force to deter or destroy a US Navy group.

11 posted on 10/16/2015 10:04:06 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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“China will never “recklessly” resort to the use of force “

Note that he did not say they wouldn’t use force with calculated malice aforethought.


12 posted on 10/16/2015 10:13:11 PM PDT by Darksheare (Those who support liberal "Republicans" summarily support every action by same.)
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To: montanajoe

Fan Changlong vice chairman of the Central Military Commission: “Nothing reckless. Nope.”

“If those roundeye Yankee running dogs even look at us wrong, we’re going to the mat”
Hung Wa Low, Chairman, Central Military Commission

“Say there, ‘Fan’ and ‘Hung’—if those are your real names.
What are you doing dressed in those ridiculous costumes?”
General Jack D. Ripper, Chinese Embassy

How WW III started ...


13 posted on 10/16/2015 10:17:49 PM PDT by tumblindice (America's founding fathers: all armed conservatives.)
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China cannot, does not have the ability to protect those islands from the US Navy. And, they know if they fire, all hell will break lose.


That’s right.

When we see them take out an American aircraft carrier, they will be confident. Until then, they will stand back and show intelligent restraint.


14 posted on 10/16/2015 10:27:25 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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I recognize that others out there know a lot more than I on certain matters, but I am nowhere near as confident in Chinese rationality as you are.

Shooting our P3 out of the air wasn’t exactly a peaceful act. Not returning our people right away wasn’t either.

I don’t trust those idiots.

They didn’t build that military base in the Spratleys just to let it sit there and grow dust.


15 posted on 10/16/2015 10:28:24 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (It's beginning to look like "Morning in America" again. Comment on YouTube under Trump Free Ride.)
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They didn’t build that military base in the Spratleys just to let it sit there and grow dust.


That’s true.

But they will use it when the time is right. The time is not right just yet.


16 posted on 10/16/2015 10:32:25 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Well, FWIW, it was a reckless Chinese jet fighter pilot who buzzed too close, got his jet sawn in half (and died) and it did enough damage to the P-3 that they had to put it down.

Rather than ditching it, they landed on Hainan Island.


17 posted on 10/16/2015 10:32:33 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Be a blessing to a stranger today for some have entertained angels unaware)
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"General Jack D. Ripper"

It's good that you mentioned the Air Force General Ripper.

He probably flew 4-5 C-5's into Clark Air Base to carry ordinance and spare parts for the 3-4 squadrons of F-15c's and may one of the F-22.

And they'd be but 450 miles from China's new light towers.

Not to mention a probable SSGN somewhere out there...and 3-4 SSN's.

Then here come the US battle group...carrier or not.

Say it's 4 Arleigh Burke DDG's. Each with 128 VLS tubes.

Each tueb can carry 4 AA missiles or 1 Tomahawk.

China will not do anything. Even the good general has said so.

Hell, they can't.

18 posted on 10/16/2015 10:36:16 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18 - Be The Leaderless Resistance)
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To: Jeff Head

Ping


19 posted on 10/16/2015 10:37:29 PM PDT by StoneWall Brigade (MARANATHA)
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Don’t the Chinese have some seriously bad anti ship missiles?


20 posted on 10/16/2015 10:41:47 PM PDT by laplata ( Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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