I’m impressed – I figured he would back down to piracy by the Red Chinese Navy.
A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.
Mr Obama’s decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.
Washington accused the Chinese ships of moving directly in front of the US Navy surveillance ship Impeccable, forcing its crew to take emergency action, and to deploy a high-pressure water hose to deter the Chinese ships. Formal protests were lodged with Beijing after the incident.
Oddly enough, I find myself approving of Obama’s first clash with the Chinese more than I did that of George W. Bush, whose weak response to a Chinese attempt to down and seize an American spy plane was shockingly weak. Now if Obama will only stand up to terrorists so effectively.
Obama Gets One Right
I’m impressed – I figured he would back down to piracy by the Red Chinese Navy.
Oddly enough, I find myself approving of Obama’s first clash with the Chinese more than I did that of George W. Bush, whose weak response to a Chinese attempt to down and seize an American spy plane was shockingly weak. Now if Obama will only stand up to terrorists so effectively.Posted by: Greg at 12:05 PM
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