It is almost impossible for me to type this reply while I am laughing so hard at your #40 post!!!!!
Posted on 03/09/2009 7:20:38 AM PDT by boughtwithaprice
WASHINGTON - The Pentagon said Monday that Chinese ships shadowed and maneuvered dangerously close to a U.S. Navy vessel in what appeared to be an effort to harass the American crew.
The Obama administration is protesting to the Chinese government. The protest will be delivered to Beijing's military attache on Monday.
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It is almost impossible for me to type this reply while I am laughing so hard at your #40 post!!!!!
Note the MSTS connection.
Even metaphors are not normal under Obama...I can’t help it!
Don’t worry, very few people know what a metaphor is anymore anyway...
Scientists at sea gone wild!
None of these from what I read were actual war ships — if they were, I would be concerned.
In the 80’s, we used to get harassed by all kinds of whack job’s (green peas, USA haters, chicks with hairy legs), primarily because the Destroyer I was on kind of attacked whack job’s.
But shortly afterward, two of the Chinese ships stopped directly ahead of the Impeccable, forcing it to an emergency stop in order to avoid collision because the Chinese had dropped pieces of wood in the water directly in front of Impeccable's path, the Pentagon said.
So, after five days of harrassment, they told the Chinese they were leaving the area but were still harrassed. It sounds as if the order has already been given to retreat, which predictably encouraged the Chinese to increase the harrassment. If it works, do more of it.
Of course, that's speculation. Maybe they got what they came for and were leaving. But it's seldom a good idea to give the appearance of retreating under pressure like that.
I would guess that this is, in our view, international water, but that the Chinese probably claim it as their territory, and maybe there are oil reserves there.
Comrade Obama will smash the imperialist warmongering aggressors and their running dogs with a resolute blow that will destroy them for a thousand years! /typical ChiCom rant
I would have Loved to have been that F22 driver.
“And I still can’t believe the only skill Obama has is talking via the teleprompter and he got elected anyways...”
Your statement pretty much sums it up.
A bit over half of American voters elected a man with good public speaking ability when they needed to elect a man with wisdom. If he were only inadequate to the challenges he faces, that would be concern enough. Unfortunately, he is convinced he should also send the greatest nation on earth in the direction of the stale, oppressive nations our forefathers escaped to be free. I hope he is also inadequate to that challenge.
Really. How’d it go for that “protestor” that got bulldozed over? I’m sure the Chinese will be real sure not to do it again to avoid a stern letter from Obama.
Yes, he IS in over his head and he is assuming his great orator skills will be able to keep his butt out of hot water. He, like other liberals, never understand that talking only works when BOTH parties are civil. They have no other strategy when the other party doesn’t want to “talk”.
SURTASS
Those ships are always by themselves, unless actively participating in an exercise.
SWATH hull
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