Posted on 01/11/2017 5:25:50 AM PST by Ciaphas Cain
BEIJING — China said Wednesday it was committed to promoting peace and stability in Asia, even as it sent an aircraft carrier battle group through the Taiwan Strait amid heightened tensions between Beijing and the self-ruled island.
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IIRC, Iraq was calling for peace even as it was amassing its military on the Kuwaiti border.
Before Obama leaves office we are going to be in a shooting war with China, Russia and Iran.
Legacy.
If President Xi wants to bring Taiwan under the control of Beijing, he better do it within the next couple of days.
After that the new American Sheriff won’t tolerate any more global shenanigans - from anyone.
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There are different definitions of Peace.
For Moslems, Peace means ‘submission to Islam.”
For the Soviets, the definition of Peace was “an absence of resistance to Socialism.”
The Chinese definition of Peace is probably “Do what we tell you.”
(6 Jan 2017) The US had no aircraft carriers deployed for the first time since at least 2000 — but Russia and China do
http://www.businessinsider.com/no-us-aircraft-carriers-deployed-russia-china-carriers-are-2017-1
Did Obama put our aircraft carriers in port so the Chinese can attack?
China now flying bombers http://dailycaller.com/2017/01/10/alarms-sound-as-china-flexes-muscles-on-the-doorsteps-of-us-allies/
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