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Senior Navy Intelligence Officer Canned by Pentagon for China Comments
Free Beacon ^ | Nov 10, 2014 | Brent Scher

Posted on 11/12/2014 7:07:46 PM PST by Whenifhow

A senior Navy intelligence officer has been removed from his position due to comments made regarding aggressive Chinese military movements that ran counter to the Pentagon’s talking points on the issue, according to the Navy Times.

Capt. James Fanell was removed from his position as the director of intelligence and information operations at U.S. Pacific Fleet. Fanell was reassigned within the command.

Though neither the Navy nor Fanell commented on the reason for the personnel change, it is widely believed to be due to an internal investigation of his comments on China, according to the report.

Fanell warned during a February public appearance that a recent Chinese amphibious exercise led naval intelligence to assess that China’s strategy was to be able to launch a “short, sharp war” with Japan, an unusually frank assessment about a closely watched region.

His comments, which ran counter to the Pentagon’s talking points on building ties to the increasingly assertive Chinese navy, were picked up by media outlets from The New York Times and Reuters to London’s Financial Times and Daily Telegraph. Top defense officials, including the 4-star head of the Army and the Pentagon spokesman, were forced to respond to his comment in the following days.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Foreign Affairs; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: china; chineseaggression; gaymilitary; japan; landgrab; military; navy; obamunism; pentagon; politicalpurge; thoughtcrime
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1 posted on 11/12/2014 7:07:46 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

In times of dictatorship, telling the truth is a Revolutionary Act.


2 posted on 11/12/2014 7:10:56 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Whenifhow

It seems that a decade of war hasn’t taught our politicians anything about war.


3 posted on 11/12/2014 7:11:46 PM PST by RC one (Militarized law enforcement is just a nice way of saying martial law enforcement.)
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To: Nachum; Jet Jaguar

FYI


4 posted on 11/12/2014 7:12:08 PM PST by Whenifhow
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To: Whenifhow

The American Public is too stupid to understand....


5 posted on 11/12/2014 7:12:20 PM PST by Paladin2
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To: Whenifhow

The smell of the salty sea will wake up sea dogs.


6 posted on 11/12/2014 7:13:54 PM PST by bunkerhill7 ("The Second Amendment has no limits on firepower"-NY State Senator Kathleen A. Marchione.")
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To: Whenifhow; blueyon; KitJ; T Minus Four; xzins; CMS; The Sailor; ab01; txradioguy; Jet Jaguar; ...

Active Duty ping.


7 posted on 11/12/2014 7:13:54 PM PST by Jet Jaguar (Resist in place.)
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To: Whenifhow

There is almost no way the PRC could seize even one of the Senkaku Islands without also seizing 5 nearby islands which are....

1. 100% uncontested Japanese territory

2. Have 5 airfields, one adequate for the Il-76

3. Are home to over 50,000 Japanese citizens

Bonus:

Some analysts strongly think the PRC would also take OKINAWA.

You know what THAT means...


8 posted on 11/12/2014 7:14:50 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Whenifhow

We can’t have military officers running around telling the truth!


9 posted on 11/12/2014 7:15:10 PM PST by clintonh8r ( BRILLIANT, WITTY (but incendiary)TAG LINE REMOVED BY MODERATORS.)
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To: Whenifhow

Well we can’t have Naval Intelligence officers speaking the truth...I mean that might get the Chinese bent out of shape...


10 posted on 11/12/2014 7:15:55 PM PST by Crapgame (What should be taught in our schools? American Exceptionalism, not cultural Marxism...)
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To: gaijin
The Miyako Islands are uncontested territory, and they are something like 80 miles away from the Senkakus.

The biggest airport is Ishigaki airport --let's take a look:


11 posted on 11/12/2014 7:19:38 PM PST by gaijin
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RE: 5

Sad, but true.....


12 posted on 11/12/2014 7:19:53 PM PST by MountainDad (Support your local Militia)
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To: gaijin

Yep.


13 posted on 11/12/2014 7:19:53 PM PST by Eagles6 (Valley Forge Redux. If not now, when? If not here, where? If not us then who?)
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14 posted on 11/12/2014 7:21:33 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Whenifhow


15 posted on 11/12/2014 7:23:12 PM PST by Diogenesis (The EXEMPT Congress is complicit in the absence of impeachment)
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To: gaijin

It seems that the Great Pretender is reviving the Chinese Carry Out presidency a la William B.J. Clinton.


16 posted on 11/12/2014 7:24:02 PM PST by AmericanVictory (Should we be more like them or they more like we used to be?)
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To: Jet Jaguar; NorwegianViking; ExTexasRedhead; HollyB; FromLori; EricTheRed_VocalMinority; ...

The list, Ping

Let me know if you would like to be on or off the ping list

http://www.nachumlist.com/


17 posted on 11/12/2014 7:25:28 PM PST by Nachum (Obamacare: It's. The. Flaw.)
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To: Whenifhow
Used to work there. This isn't the sort of thing someone in CAPT Fanell's position lets slip idly, and either he's a complete fool or he said it for a reason. I would bet against "fool".

And so he Embarrassed The Boss, which is never a good thing for your career. Unless, of course, The Boss isn't really all that embarrassed, or your career isn't necessarily the most important thing at stake. Somebody just sent somebody else a message.

18 posted on 11/12/2014 7:37:28 PM PST by Billthedrill
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To: gaijin

**Shuimen Airbase in Macuoping**:

https://www.google.com/maps/@26.9462383,120.0727579,1795m/data=!3m1!1e3

Zoom in and check out the huge camouflage job on the large apron and road immediately north of the main strip.

Note the many fighters there, now.

Note the camo job on the hangars.

This airbase was made to handle a big surge of a/c —gosh I wonder what they’d be FOR, right...?


19 posted on 11/12/2014 7:41:41 PM PST by gaijin
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To: Whenifhow

~A senior Navy intelligence officer has been removed from his position due to comments made regarding aggressive Chinese military movements that ran counter to the Pentagon’s talking points on the issue, according to the Navy Times.~

You have to admit that Obama is not a complete commie so far.

If this guy was a Soviet intelligence officer issuing ‘provacative’ comments regarding aggressive German military movements in May, 1941, he would have been shot by Stalin before June.

This one took off lightly.


20 posted on 11/12/2014 7:45:40 PM PST by wetphoenix
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