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Just kidding
Posted on 10/03/2014 12:02:31 PM PDT by Cry if I Wanna
THE PENTAGON — Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said on Sunday he was “deeply concerned” after Chinese fighter jets sunk a U.S. Navy carrier in international waters earlier this week.
The USS George Washington (CVN-73), a Nimitz class nuclear powered aircraft carrier, began sending warning signals on Thursday after two Chinese Su-27 fighters began a series of screaming low altitude passes mere feet above the flight deck, sending sailors and airmen diving for cover. The jets pulled numerous, highly dangerous maneuvers around the ship for approximately 20 minutes, before sending a volley of six Kh-31A anti-ship missiles into the carrier superstructure. Hagel said the death toll from the sinking stands at approximately 5,247 sailors dead, with 143 still unaccounted for.
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You obviously missed the comment about “satire” this week.
Sorry...I jumped the gun. My bad.
Is satire out of bounds?
I missed it too.
What was the comment?
"Exercise caution?"
"Don't hold yourself back?"
Inquiring minds...
Regards,
I'm new to posting. I'll go back to see what this means.
This calls for a beer summit
We should send a strongly worded letter of protest to the Chinese!
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Just kidding
Jim posted something earlier this week about tagging satire.
I missed the tag in the original posters title.
I jumped the gun and was being a jerk.
No, I missed the tag.
My mistake.
I like satire...but I did not see the tag and then went to the source. It was clearly satire.
I was referencing what I thought was a missed tag in the title. I jumped the gun.
Admitting it is the first step. :)
With satire about this administration being so believable, a 'Satire' tag helps keep the confusion down.
Ok. Thanks!
Ok Now!! ...I can recognize satire when I read it!
...or is that sarcasm?
So confusing. ...time to go take my spot at my local ice-house. TGIF
The ‘post’ is missing a piece or 2:
“Both he and Hagel had no comment about leaked reports that the sinking occurred in ‘international waters’ between the US West Coast and Hawaii. ‘The Chinese pose no danger to the US’, the President said.”
“Asked about the danger to the public from the nuclear reactor, they both assured the public that the reactor was safely shut down before the ship was sunk.”
“President Obama and Sec Hagel also had no comment and both abruptly left the podium when asked about budget cuts to the military that eliminated the Carrier’s air & submarine defensive screens...”
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I get a chuckle out of someone slipping on a banana peel or getting squirted with a seltzer bottle, but for some reason, a story about the deaths of five thousand people didn’t make me laugh.
Obama: The Chinese “acted stupidly.”
I was really concerned about this until I went to the link. Thanks for adding satire.
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