Solomon Islands is a constitutional monarchy, with the British monarch, represented by a governor-general, serving as the formal head of state. Still, the country, a member of the Commonwealth, is independent, and the governor-general is appointed on the advice of the unicameral National Parliament.
So why is one of our Coast Guard ships there?
To create an incident like this.
Coast Guard isn't only about doing search and rescue and stopping people from partying on sailboats. They do a lot of international work on things like drug enforcement, ocean pollution and the like which are governed by international treaties. They also are very involved with foreign governments on the regulation of shipping to/from the USA. They are highly respected by most, if not all maritime nations of the world.
“Commonwealth, is independent, and the governor-general is appointed on the advice of the unicameral National Parliament.”
Horseshiite
Just like London, it took US LIVES to save the phookin place.
How many US dead, buried, washed away to the seas on that god-forsaken shiitehole of an atoll?
Never again, means not one US LIFE ever again.
Let all the future bastards rot.
Not our problem -
Our Border is what we shoold be worried about.
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The ChiComs have taken the Solomons without firing a shot.
They just bought them.
Coast Guard ships go all over the world. This is nothing new. They do interdiction all over the place.
We used to kid the Coastie kids that they would get a line tattooed between their nipples. That was the water level over which they needed to call in the Navy. Under that level was all for them.
So why is one of our Coast Guard ships there?
Take a look at a map. It's located just northeast of Australia and not too far from Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, the Philippines, all the places where China is extending it's tentacles right now and where it's not in the U.S. interest for them to control. China is pretty much doing the same things now that Japan was doing 80 years ago, occupying everything they could in the Pacific. China is doing it with money instead of troops. We already fought a war to wrest control of the pacific away from one country of fanatical nutcases. We lost a lot of good men on that schithole.
China is trying to gain control of the Pacific to extend it's influence and decrease ours. They're pouring tons of money in to Australia as well, their influence is growing there every day. Formerly reliable allies in the pacific are now saying no to us and yes to China's requests. When you're a little fish you have to decide who to keep happy in order to stay alive. For the longest that was the U.S. but now a lot of them are saying yes to China and no to the U.S. It's not good that many of these pacific nations are now viewing China as their overlord.