Posted on 05/27/2018 10:55:52 AM PDT by Mariner
CHINESE warships have confronted US Navy vessels today in what has been described as a “serious incident”.
The tense naval drama unfolded after the American warships sailed near South China Sea islands claimed by China.
The presence of the US warships was slammed by Beijing just as President Donald Trump seeks to make peace with North Korea to avoid a serious war breaking out.
The operation in the South China Sea was the latest bid to counter what Washington condemns as brazen efforts to take control of the strategical important seas.
The hotly contested region is also rich in fossil fuels which China desperately needs to feed is industrialising economy with cheap energy.
While this naval drills had been planned months in advance, and similar operations have become routine, it comes at a particularly sensitive time.
It comes just days after the Pentagon uninvited China from a major US-hosted naval drill.
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Is it true - genXer here - that the merchant consigned navy picked up a lot of slack in WWII? The curious case of benjamin buttons depicts that.
Map of China sea. The other countries around there would destroy China’s ships from their shore base missiles.
https://tinyurl.com/ycjlnekm
Why haven't they? Why wait until Trump pumps hundreds of billions more into our military?
In fact, why didn't China do this while Obamba was in office? And why would China wait until a pro-big military president takes office, who doesn't like taking s**t from people?
Does this make any sense whatsoever to you?
Why haven’t they? Why wait until Trump pumps hundreds of billions more into our military?
This is the scary thing. China now has to move now that we don’t have a useless president in charge. To a certain extent, they still hope that Congress will stop anything from happening and continue to weaken the country.
Why didn't China do this while Obamba was in office? And why would China wait until a pro-big military president takes office, who doesn't like taking s**t from people?
Does this make any sense whatsoever to you?
Is this what you would consider great strategy?
Too funny - the way I read it is that Trump stays the course and will not be bullied or bluffed by belligerent nations....
...Any chinese submarines go mysteriously missing?
few years ago one surface in the middle of our fleet.
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