Posted on 12/17/2019 8:46:26 PM PST by lasereye
The U.S. secretly expelled two Chinese diplomats in September after entering a Virginia military base that houses the headquarters of SEAL Team 6, the New York Times reported Tuesday.
The diplomats, along with their wives, were detained after the four drove through the outer perimeter of the Dam Neck Annex of Naval Air Station Oceana, south of Virginia Beach. They ignored orders from guards to turn back and were only stopped by fire trucks that were driven to block their path, according to the Times. One of the men is allegedly an intelligence operative with diplomatic cover.
The U.S. has refused to comment on the incident or even confirm or deny that it took place. China, however, acknowledged on Monday that the two diplomats were expelled.
The US accusation on our officials is completely inconsistent with the truth, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, who was formerly stationed at the countrys embassy in Washington. We urge the U.S. to correct its mistake, withdraw this decision and protect Chinese diplomats legitimate rights and interests according to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Pentagon spokesman Lt. Col. Uriah Orland told the Times he had no further information about the incident. We take the security of all our installations very seriously, Orland said.
The news comes at a time of escalated tensions between the U.S. and China. The two countries are currently locked in a trade war, and President Trump is currently pushing for a trade agreement that will see both sides reduce tariffs on imports.
There have been several other recent U.S.-China espionage incidents, including the sentencing of a former CIA officer who was convicted of spying for China.
Why are we using fire trucks as military base security instead of machine guns?
We’ll likely never know what was in their vehicle.
They should have been shot early and often, life is not a board game.
Didnt you ever drive by the rival high school before a game. You would see their crappy school, their ugly women, and their weak assed football team.
Funny, what they saw was a nice building, beautiful cheerleaders and a bunch of rock solid all American Adoniss.
Doesnt matter. They all should be dead.
Should have just kept them, and told China they defected.
“Why are we using fire trucks as military base security instead of machine guns?”
That a fire truck was employed does not imply that other means of control were not available.
Yeah, that would adjust their lifespan to about fifteen minutes. *snicker*
What might SEAL Team 6 be involved with that they thought they might learn something by driving onto the base?
Perhaps, rather than the inglorious expellation, might the chinese diplomats have been treated as our guests at Fort Leavenworth for a few years?
protect Chinese diplomats legitimate rights and interests according to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
First question....why were they on the base?
Second question....how did they make it past the entry gate?
Firetrucks to block their path?
And here I thought we were supposed to use bullets, of course that was around 40 years ago.
Sounds to me like they were just probing to see how far they’d get before anything was done.
Unfortunately, the Left has made everyone so jumpy and afraid of being accused of any discrimination/profiling that the DOD cops/SPs are afraid to do their jobs.
Expelled SHOULD MEAN shot and killed as spys
One of the men is allegedly an intelligence operative with diplomatic cover... The US accusation on our officials is completely inconsistent with the truth, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang, who was formerly stationed at the countrys embassy in Washington. We urge the U.S. to correct its mistake, withdraw this decision and protect Chinese diplomats legitimate rights and interests according to the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations.
Unauthorized entry into Dam Neck should have been met with 50 Cal fire until they were sauce.
I think they could have seen same from satellite images.
On a US Air Force base with tactical or strategic resources, they wouldn't have gotten past the pop-up security barriers. If they somehow had, AF Security Forces are ready and fully authorized to use deadly force. Past incidents of this type have not ended well for gate crashers.
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