To: gatorhead
"What would happen if they sunk one of our carriers? In one move, China would alter the balance of global power."
Why, that's silly.
The PRICE of a Carrier is nuclear war...and Obama would not get a vote in the matter.
There are standing Contingency Plans that allow any Theater Commander to protect nukes with nukes.
53 posted on
08/13/2010 9:03:58 PM PDT by
Mariner
(USS Tarawa, VQ3, USS Benjamin Stoddert, NAVCAMS WestPac, 7th Fleet, Navcommsta Puget Sound)
To: Mariner
The PRICE of a Carrier is nuclear war...and Obama would not get a vote in the matter.There are standing Contingency Plans that allow any Theater Commander to protect nukes with nukes.
(Sound of grey_whiskers purring that we can keep Teh One from surrendering.)
72 posted on
08/15/2010 9:11:19 AM PDT by
grey_whiskers
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