Those With the Biggest Ships
Oriental oil spat:
Nothing to worry about. Just a Chinese navy which is growing exponentially and is controlled by an insular totalitarian government with a demonstrated willingness to bully their neighbors and summarily nationalize all natural resources within five thousand miles. Hey, the Japanese did the same thing about a hundred years ago, and that all turned out fine, right?
Go ahead with those sweeping budget cuts in defense, King Barry. Nothing to worry about.
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(The WSJ, bless their increasingly liberal little hearts, still believe you can lock content on the intarwebz behind a paywall, hence no link. Just copy and paste the below text into a Google search for the full article.)
Vietnam Says Chinese Vessels Cut Cables
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Hat-tip to Vizigoth
Two Chinese fishing vessels have cut cables of a Vietnamese vessel doing seismic oil exploration work in the South China Sea, the state-run Vietnam Oil and Gas Group said Monday amid mounting regional concern about new Chinese regulations that appear to authorize its police to board foreign ships around disputed islands in the area.
Nothing to worry about. Just a Chinese navy which is growing exponentially and is controlled by an insular totalitarian government with a demonstrated willingness to bully their neighbors and summarily nationalize all natural resources within five thousand miles. Hey, the Japanese did the same thing about a hundred years ago, and that all turned out fine, right?
Go ahead with those sweeping budget cuts in defense, King Barry. Nothing to worry about.
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(The WSJ, bless their increasingly liberal little hearts, still believe you can lock content on the intarwebz behind a paywall, hence no link. Just copy and paste the below text into a Google search for the full article.)
Vietnam Says Chinese Vessels Cut Cables
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Hat-tip to Vizigoth
posted by Jar(egg)head at 11:35
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