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Obama lifts U.S. arms ban on Vietnam
CNN ^ | 5/23/16 | Tiffany Ap, etc

Posted on 05/23/2016 3:26:54 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper

....Obama has announced that the United States is fully lifting the ban on the sale of military equipment to Vietnam, which has been in place for decades.

In a joint news conference with Vietnamese President Tran Dai Quang, Obama said that the removal of the ban on lethal weapons w

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: armstovietnam; china; guns; hypocrite; obamavietnam; vietnam
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A couple observations:

Obama approves VIETNAMESE having weapons, but calls Christians "bitter clingers"

Did Congress give this child the green light, or is this the little emperor playing along with the military-industrial complex?

One more: Aren't the Chinese going to be consulted? China is the dominant power in that hemisphere, isn't it?

1 posted on 05/23/2016 3:26:54 AM PDT by SoFloFreeper
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To: SoFloFreeper

Wants to give Vietnamese communists guns, outlaw guns for Americans.


2 posted on 05/23/2016 3:34:35 AM PDT by Stevenc131
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To: SoFloFreeper

I guess the little Marxist dicktaker can just unilaterally lift sanctions now. I wonder how France and the congress feel about that.


3 posted on 05/23/2016 3:35:50 AM PDT by VTenigma (The Democratic party is the party of the mathematically challenged)
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To: SoFloFreeper

The Vietnamese are not under China’s thumb. They go to war every 20 something years.


4 posted on 05/23/2016 3:36:51 AM PDT by Safetgiver (Islam makes barbarism look genteel.)
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To: VTenigma

Dems are too stupid to realize that obama is handing the election to trump with all of the in your face moves


5 posted on 05/23/2016 3:38:31 AM PDT by RummyChick
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To: Safetgiver

Their leadership is, though.


6 posted on 05/23/2016 3:39:06 AM PDT by Terry2
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To: SoFloFreeper

We left so much stuff in’75 I guess they need spare parts.


7 posted on 05/23/2016 3:41:51 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn.)
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To: SoFloFreeper

Capitalism. Don’t let the socialist gun grabbers stop US gun manufacturers from making an honest buck.


8 posted on 05/23/2016 3:44:51 AM PDT by Ethan Clive Osgoode
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To: SoFloFreeper

Is it not for a bunch of little islands that Vietnam is having issues with China on?


9 posted on 05/23/2016 3:50:08 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: SoFloFreeper
Can Obama just do that? Will "our" US Senate and HOR stop it, or are they too much in the pocket of weapons manufacturers?

Trump is going to get writer's cramp his first day in office, revoking all these illegal executive orders!

10 posted on 05/23/2016 3:54:50 AM PDT by grania
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To: SoFloFreeper

I would think that an arms ban was the product of earlier LAW,not a Presidential directive.

How does the little Mussolini have the power to unilaterally change LAW?

And why is this the most important thing he has to attend to?

Oh, and where are are feckless GOP leaders in Congress?

Eight long bitter months to go.


11 posted on 05/23/2016 3:57:58 AM PDT by exit82 (Road Runner sez:" Let's Make America Beeping Great Again! Beep! Beep!")
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To: VTenigma
> I guess the little Marxist dicktaker can just unilaterally lift sanctions now. I wonder how France and the congress feel about that.

I'm going to guess Obama is about to get a kickback from the arms manufacturers who were already in negotiations with the Vietamese but couldn't fill the order because of sanctions. See how you make money being a politician, Malia?

12 posted on 05/23/2016 3:59:05 AM PDT by jsanders2001
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To: SoFloFreeper

Another historical “In yo face, America!” moment from our “wildly popular” rock star prez.


13 posted on 05/23/2016 3:59:22 AM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Zero tolerance is the liberal way of saying zero common sense.)
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To: VTenigma

Clever play on words. Lol


14 posted on 05/23/2016 4:01:06 AM PDT by patriot08 (5th generation Texan (girl type) ANGRY? REFUSE TO VOTE? HELLO HILLARY!!!)
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To: Stevenc131

Bears repeating; well said!


15 posted on 05/23/2016 4:02:44 AM PDT by kearnyirish2 (Affirmative action is economic warfare against white males (and therefore white families).)
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To: SoFloFreeper

I suspect it is about Cam Ranh Bay, and the US going back there. A strategic offset to China’s island building.


16 posted on 05/23/2016 4:25:30 AM PDT by baltimorepoet
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To: Biggirl
Is it not for a bunch of little islands that Vietnam is having issues with China on?

That would be my guess. Since the Chinese have learned that they don't have anything at all to fear from Obama, maybe he thinks that a well-armed Vietnam will scare the willies out of them?

What could possibly go wrong? (Considering the Charlie Foxtrot that Obama foreign policy has been over the last 7 1/2 years -- probably a lot!)


17 posted on 05/23/2016 4:27:34 AM PDT by Sooth2222 ("Every nation has the government it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: SoFloFreeper

Vietnam is being boosted as a counter to China
The enemy of our enemy is our friend


18 posted on 05/23/2016 4:34:10 AM PDT by silverleaf (Age takes a toll: Please have exact change)
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To: Sooth2222

Plus also Vietnam is starting to have sucess in the business trade world and that must be upseting China as well.


19 posted on 05/23/2016 4:36:48 AM PDT by Biggirl ("One Lord, one faith, one baptism" - Ephesians 4:5)
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To: silverleaf
"Vietnam is being boosted as a counter to China"

By Obama, the America-hating leftist?

20 posted on 05/23/2016 4:37:28 AM PDT by Flag_This (You can't spell "treason" without the "O".)
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