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China is pushing ahead with a planned military base in the UAE in a clear snub to the US, leaked papers say
https://www.businessinsider.com/ ^ | 4/29/23 | om Porter

Posted on 05/02/2023 4:59:02 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19

China resumed construction of a military base in the United Arab Emirates, a move likely to alarm US officials and increase concerns that another US ally in the Middle East is drawing closer to China.

According to leaked US intelligence documents obtained by The Washington Post, construction has resumed at a Chinese military base just outside Abu Dhabi.

Plans for a base were halted in 2021 after the US voiced its objections. But The Post's documents indicate that the plans now appear to be going ahead.

(Excerpt) Read more at businessinsider.com ...


TOPICS: News/Current Events; Russia; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: bideneffect; ccp; chicoms; china; districtofcolumbia; irgc; jeffbezos; opec; opecplus; qudsforce; russia; saudiarabia; uae; unitedarabemirates; washingtoncompost; washingtonpost

1 posted on 05/02/2023 4:59:02 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
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To: RomanSoldier19

Way to go Joe.


2 posted on 05/02/2023 5:00:30 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERBODY'S BUSINESS-REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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To: RomanSoldier19

After 4 years of unprecedented progress in the middle east, Joe flushes it all away. And he was supposed to be Obama’s foreign policy expert, providing gravitas to the ticket.


3 posted on 05/02/2023 5:09:13 PM PDT by ETCM (“There is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil.” — Ronald Reagan)
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To: ETCM

Let them have it.


4 posted on 05/02/2023 5:15:02 PM PDT by DIRTYSECRET
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To: RomanSoldier19

The USA is in its final days. Destroyed by infiltrators and traitors.


5 posted on 05/02/2023 5:44:21 PM PDT by Revel
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To: RomanSoldier19

Joe Biden and Kamala Harris: Change Promised. Change Delivered.


6 posted on 05/02/2023 6:05:49 PM PDT by Republican Wildcat
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To: Nextrush

Why not? America has never been such a sick joke.


7 posted on 05/02/2023 6:28:11 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: RomanSoldier19

You mean Ci isn’t afraid of Chomo Joe? It is almost as if Xi has something on the Biden fambly....


8 posted on 05/02/2023 7:30:47 PM PDT by Organic Panic (Democrats. Memories as short as Joe Biden's eyes)
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To: RomanSoldier19

That is a “snub to the US” because the UAE is an American possession?


9 posted on 05/02/2023 7:32:04 PM PDT by Jim Noble (It is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government)
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To: RomanSoldier19

The whole world saw first-hand, how valuable it was to be an American ally when we tucked our tail and ran out of Afghanistan. No political spin can or will undo the damage that was done when this occurred.


10 posted on 05/02/2023 8:57:16 PM PDT by krogers58
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