Japanese warship departs for Gulf to patrol oil lifeline

Reuters ^ | 02/01/2020 | Tim Kelly

[Kid Shelleen]

A Japanese destroyer left for the Gulf of Oman on Sunday amid simmering Middle East tension to guard sea lanes that supply nearly all the oil that powers the world’s third-biggest economy.

“Thousands of Japanese ships ply those waters every year including vessels carrying nine tenths of our oil. It is Japan’s lifeline,” Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe told the crew at Yokosuka naval base near Tokyo, before they cast off in a ceremony attended by 500 family members and representatives from the United States, European nations and Middle East.

Abe’s government has said it is prepared to authorize force to protect ships in danger, a controversial decision because Japan’s war-renouncing constitution forbids the use of military force in international disputes.

[rrrod]

LOL...I saw that and at first thought it was a joke. The Rats have gone completely nuts.

[DrPretorius]

Unless other nations are willing to srep up and push back against (the Chinese), especially their neighbors, Trump's successes will be short lived.

I completely agree.

[TheConservativeTejano]

Our research universities are filled with Chinese students who are only there to commit military and industrial espionage. This has allowed them to make huge advancements without the massive expenditures and time we invested. All I'm saying is folks need to take them seriously. Just because Trump is getting tough with them doesn't mean they will give up.

Partner, the Chicom research into what we call here "Virus & Germ Warfare" was done by Research American Ph D who teach say at the most prestigious schools in the world, which happen to be in the U.S.

We have heard that Harvard Professors are in China right now helping out the Chicoms with the virus. I do not have a problem with this except the professors that are in China got the Chicom program started. I do have a big problem with these professors.

Plus, these American professors are getting paid by the Chicoms at $50,000.00 a month salary, plus $150,000.00 in travel expenses.

No telling if they are also getting some other perks to help out the Chicoms in developing their warfare kinda like what the U.S. has in Atlanta, Ga.

You hit it out of the park when you said we currently have in our universities around 1 million students. We know that some of them do not believe in the Chicom philosophy and they want to stay in the U.S. The Chicoms have instructed these students who go back to China to come back with something in their hands.

We have been saying that we have had the worst presidents in the past 28 years before President Trump. This is why we are in such a mess.

We are just a bunch of plain deplorable hicks according to the DemonRats.

[TheConservativeTejano]

But, But admin schitt just said that President Trump was going to give the Ruskies ALASKA!!!

Partner, heck "Shiff for Brains" can not even organize a 2 car funeral and he kept going on and on of how terrible President Trump is as our POTUS and look at what the U.S. is doing right now in the world stage and in this great country of ours.

It will take a very long time to get the stench out of the White House with the Clintoons, W. and the "America Hating Piece of Work Obama".