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A US aircraft carrier and its strike group are headed into the hotly contested waters around Taiwan ahead of a possible visit by Nancy Pelosi to the island
Business Insider ^ | 7/28/22 | Cheryl Teh

Posted on 07/28/2022 4:09:26 PM PDT by EBH

A US aircraft carrier and its strike group are now in the South China Sea in what could potentially become a tense standoff in hotly contested waters near Taiwan.

Speaking to Insider on Wednesday night, US Navy spokesperson Mark Langford confirmed that the vessels were on the move and operating in the South China Sea.

The aircraft carrier departed Singapore after making a scheduled port visit on July 22.

According to Langford, the carrier is "continuing normal, scheduled operations as part of her routine patrol in support of a free and open Indo-Pacific.

The news comes less than a day after a report emerged about the Pentagon's preparations to protect Speaker Nancy Pelosi with fighter jets and ships if she were to visit Taiwan.

Pelosi was scheduled to travel to the island in April. However, the trip was postponed after she tested positive for COVID-19.

Per The Financial Times, Pelosi is tentatively set to visit the island in August.

Meanwhile, China warned this week of a possible military response if Pelosi's trip took place.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: Extended News; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; pelosivisit; taiwan
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To: McGruff

The world needs just a little more chaos.

Interesting times we live in


41 posted on 07/28/2022 5:07:22 PM PDT by EBH (Let God Sort Them Out. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: one guy in new jersey

This business will get out of control and...

...some of the entire task Force will probably run into a few cargo carriers,
.
.a bunch of planes will slide off the carrier deck,
.
.the subs will hit some submerged sea mount...
.
and the rest will run aground on the island of Taiwan ...
.
..while they are all bandaging their fresh manginas.... after trying to find the right shade of lipstick to go with their new Chinese made high heels.....
.
.. for that evenings mess hall drag queen hour.

...Nancy will fake her death ,
(they’ll say suicide) and disappear to her CCP man made island with the russian made vodka distillery cuz she knows after mid terms she’s facing a UMCJ tribunal fireing squad...
..

..Then TalyO’Bxiden will wave his made in CCP Communist China white surrender flag .

(Don’t laugh too hard, could happen)

.
MARANATHA !!!!!

.


42 posted on 07/28/2022 5:08:30 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: EBH

SHE and the rest of the Democrats are going to get us into a NUCLEAR WAR!


43 posted on 07/28/2022 5:08:58 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: OldWarBaby

He already did that...

they got caught and sold them off...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband sells $4 million worth of Nvidia stock ...https://www.marketwatch.com › Economy & Politics
1 day ago — The husband of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sold more than $4 million worth of shares in software and computer-chip company Nvidia NVDA, ...

Nancy Pelosi’s husband buys over $1 million of computer chip ...https://www.foxbusiness.com › politics › nancy-pelosis-hu...
Jul 16, 2022 — Mr. Pelosi made a purchase of between $1 million and $5 million shares of Nvidia, which is a semiconductor company, according to a disclosure ...


44 posted on 07/28/2022 5:09:33 PM PDT by EBH (Let God Sort Them Out. 1776-2021 May God Save Us.)
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To: monkeyshine

BINGO!!!! The Military WANT a WAR with CHINA????


45 posted on 07/28/2022 5:09:49 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: dsrtsage

Hmmmmmmmmmm......GREAT question!!


46 posted on 07/28/2022 5:11:11 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: cuz1961

some of the task Force will probably run into a few cargo carriers,
.
.a bunch of planes will slide off the carrier deck,
.
.the subs will hit some submerged sea mount...
.
and the rest will run aground on the island of Taiwan ...
.
..while they are all bandaging their fresh manginas.... after trying to find the right shade of lipstick to go with their new Chinese made high heels.....
.
.. for that evenings mess hall drag queen hour.

( all of those things have happened at least once under MUTINY milley )


47 posted on 07/28/2022 5:12:21 PM PDT by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: EBH

Chinese CURSE....”May you live in interesting times”.


48 posted on 07/28/2022 5:12:24 PM PDT by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: EBH
after making a scheduled port visit on July 22.

Hey, you Navy guys, how long would a scheduled port visit be? How much shore time? What kind of duties would you have during a scheduled port visit?

49 posted on 07/28/2022 5:14:04 PM PDT by libertylover (Our biggest problem, BY FAR, is that almost all of big media is agenda-driven, not-truth driven.)
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To: 4Runner

Can you land on a destroyer if it identifies as a carrier?


50 posted on 07/28/2022 5:14:12 PM PDT by Rastus
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To: 1FreeAmerican

“What the hell does it cost to mobilize a carrier fleet?!?!”

Carrier fleets are mobilized at all times.


51 posted on 07/28/2022 5:14:26 PM PDT by A strike (LGBFJRoberts)
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To: BereanBrain

They have no reason to worry about any of that. Who is going to investigate or prosecute any Democrat corruption?


52 posted on 07/28/2022 5:19:34 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: Bobalu

Exactly


53 posted on 07/28/2022 5:24:57 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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To: cdcdawg
Why is Pelosi going there? What purpose is being served by her visit?

"Look at meeeeeeee!"

54 posted on 07/28/2022 5:25:55 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: al baby

“maybe she has a safe deposit box over there”

Bank of Malta right next to Roberts.


55 posted on 07/28/2022 5:25:58 PM PDT by dljordan
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To: dfwgator

She should be worth at least 3 cringe moments that compromise our foreign policy (such as it is) on this trip. Ugh.

I would say that I hope she stays, but that’s really unfair to Taiwan.


56 posted on 07/28/2022 5:28:22 PM PDT by cdcdawg (Hoes mad! LOL! )
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To: EBH

Demented leadership creates an unstable world.


57 posted on 07/28/2022 5:28:40 PM PDT by Vision (Elections are one day. Reject "Chicago" vote harvesting. Election Reform Now. Obama is an evildoer.)
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To: BereanBrain

The US government is run by a bunch of children playing with matches. They are absolute dolts and have no idea what they might cause. Unbelievable.


58 posted on 07/28/2022 5:29:17 PM PDT by Pining_4_TX (The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to rule. H.L. Mencken)
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To: Rastus
Can you land on a destroyer if it identifies as a carrier?

Only if you identify as a helicopter.

59 posted on 07/28/2022 5:32:29 PM PDT by dartuser
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To: BereanBrain; null and void; bagster; Travis McGee

World War IV should provide a nice distraction ahead of the midterms / shiny side out


60 posted on 07/28/2022 5:34:02 PM PDT by SaveFerris (The Lord, The Christ and The Messiah: Jesus Christ of Nazareth - http://www.BiblicalJesusChrist.Com/)
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