Posted on 10/22/2023 2:58:24 PM PDT by ifinnegan
A China Coast Guard ship and an accompanying vessel yesterday rammed a Philippine Coast Guard ship and a military-run supply boat off a contested shoal, Philippine officials said, in an encounter that heightened fears of an armed conflict in the disputed South China Sea.
A top Philippine security official said there were no injuries among the Filipino crew and an assessment of the damage to both vessels was under way.
The official said that the two incidents near Second Thomas Shoal (Renai Shoal, 仁愛暗沙), where China has repeatedly tried to isolate a Philippine marine outpost, could have been worse if the vessels were not able to maneuver rapidly away from the Chinese ships.
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Could it be the Chinese are trying to spur the USA into a proxy war in support of the Philippines?
Both with overfishing and pollution.
But no one wants to talk about it.
Bullying attempts. “We can do whatever we want-—we’re China.”
Blofeld : Calm yourself, Metz. This farcical show of force was only to be expected. Great powers flexing their military muscles like so many impudent beach boys.
——Diamonds Are Forever.
The Thomas Shoal is west of the Philippine’s Palawan Island, and east of the Spratley Islands that belongs to Viet Nam and which has been illegally occupied by the Chinese. That nation claims every damned island and shoal in the South China Sea and has also occupied Vietnam’s Paracel Islands — except for a 14th Century Map they were never claimed by China.
Why yes! Yes, it is.
Just as they happened when Imperial Japan was running amok.
Probably with the same ending although I do not see the Chi-Coms taking as nicely to civilization as Japan did.
huh. China making noise in the Pacific while China Joe tries to beg for money for Zelvis.
And the Republicans, well, they’re not much better.
Nice application for a couple of very small, very anonymous “Rods from God”...
Couple of “bully ships” just — vanish — with zero time to signal...
NO! I accidentally copied an erroneous quotation.
Correct one is:
Blofeld : Calm yourself, Metz. This farcical show of force was only to be expected. Great powers flexing their military muscles like so many impotent beach boys.
Not “impudent.”
Sorry to all here.
There is a mutual defense treaty.
Chicoms probably don’t know this or think it’s worth as much as they know their word is.
Meanwhile the artificial islands China has created around these areas, are falling apart. Tofu Dreg strikes again, thank God.
Nine Dash Line.
They’re nuts.
Funny but not surprising.
Further it also cost them a good deal of money. Wasted, gratefully.
*Meanwhile the artificial islands China has created around these areas, are falling apart. Tofu Dreg strikes again, thank God.*
proof?
the Philippine CG should have open fire on the chinks.
They’ve been doing it for years, too.
Chicoms have sprayed water canons at them.
7 yr old video but still satisfying to watch. Argentine coast guard sinks Chinese fishing vessel fishing in Argentine waters.
https://youtu.be/00rMVee0R4c?si=4zi_6VXEWHNuB0i7
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