>>China should never have been allowed to get away with what it’s doing on the Spratley Islands.
We should have started a base at the same time they did. We still should.
This base of China’s is way overkill. There’s absolutely no defensive need for it whatsoever.
The Islands are as much the islands of other nation’s in the region as they are China’s.
This is merely a premeditated act based on future planned aggression. As such, it should be countered.
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If Reagan was POTUS they would not have tried. They might have under either Bush but no way would this event be an issue.
China, like the rest of the world, accurately sees obozo as weak and spineless.
Exactly. Like a petulant child, they push until there is resistance. Will China every meet reasoned resistance?
Not with milk-toast presidents they won’t.
Obama basically shares the same 'new international order' vision with the ChiComs and Russia: weaker US, stronger them.
Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs
February 29, 2008 :: News
MissileThreat.com
A video has surfaced of Presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama talking on his plans for strategic issues such as nuclear weapons and missile defense.
The full text from the video, as released, reads as follows:
Thanks so much for the Caucus4Priorities, for the great work you've been doing. As president, I will end misguided defense policies and stand with Caucus4Priorities in fighting special interests in Washington.
First, I'll stop spending $9 billion a month in Iraq. I'm the only major candidate who opposed this war from the beginning. And as president I will end it.[i.e. not win it]
Second, I will cut tens of billions of dollars in wasteful spending.
I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.
I will not weaponize space.
I will slow our development of future combat systems.
And I will institute an independent "Defense Priorities Board" to ensure that the Quadrennial Defense Review is not used to justify unnecessary spending.
Third, I will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons. To seek that goal, I will not develop new nuclear weapons; I will seek a global ban on the production of fissile material; and I will negotiate with Russia to take our ICBMs off hair-trigger alert, and to achieve deep cuts in our nuclear arsenals.
You know where I stand. I've fought for open, ethical and accountable government my entire public life. I don't switch positions or make promises that can't be kept. I don't posture on defense policy and I don't take money from federal lobbyists for powerful defense contractors. As president, my sole priority for defense spending will be protecting the American people. Thanks so much.
Article: Obama Pledges Cuts in Missile Defense, Space, and Nuclear Weapons Programs:
http://web.archive.org/web/20090412030633/http://missilethreat.com/archives/id.7086/detail.asp
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I will cut investments in unproven missile defense systems.
I will not weaponize space.
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Also from 2008...
2008 Pentagon Report (March 2008):
China's Growing Military Space Power
By Leonard David
Special Correspondent, SPACE.com
March 6, 2008
GOLDEN, Colorado — A just-released Pentagon report spotlights a growing U.S. military concern that China is developing a multi- dimensional program to limit or prevent the use of space-based assets by its potential adversaries during times of crisis or conflict.
Furthermore, last year's successful test by China of a direct-ascent, anti-satellite (ASAT) weapon to destroy its own defunct weather satellite, the report adds, underscores that country's expansion from the land, air, and sea dimensions of the traditional battlefield into the space and cyber-space domains.
Although China's commercial space program has utility for non- military research, that capability demonstrates space launch and control know-how that have direct military application. Even the Chang'e 1 — the Chinese lunar probe now circling the Moon — is flagged in the report as showcasing China's ability "to conduct complicated space maneuvers — a capability which has broad implications for military counterspace operations."
To read the entire publication [29.67MB/pdf], see U.S. Dept of Defense:
“China, like the rest of the world, accurately sees obozo as weak and spineless.”
Exactly right.
What better real world example of the adage: ‘Weakness begets aggression’? This is the legacy of 0bama.
And now that Xi and Putin are pals, they can coordinate activities to keep a weak, politically correct military with ultra low morale back on their heels. Didn’t the Pentagon announce that we have abandoned our policy to be able to fight two wars simultaneously?
I fully expect Mainland China to make a play at Taiwan before Jan 2017, and be de facto King of the Spratleys. All due to eight years of a man child for Chief Executive.