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DRoseDARs

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16. If we didn't have satellites capable of doing this, I'd disagree.
Wed May 20, 2015, 10:00 PM
May 2015

We do, and yeah it is. Totally unnecessary to fly a spy plane over their little sand castle.

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K&R red dog 1 May 2015 #1
Standing, not swimming or flying. nt geek tragedy May 2015 #2
You figure war with China would be a slam dunk, huh? delrem May 2015 #3
fail nt geek tragedy May 2015 #5
They can't project their force... awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #11
If "projecting their force" is exclusively a military thing.... delrem May 2015 #14
I am weary of it too awoke_in_2003 May 2015 #15
A) We're not going to war with China. DRoseDARs May 2015 #12
So it's just indulging in a bit of dick waving "we're the mostest!" shit. delrem May 2015 #13
If we didn't have satellites capable of doing this, I'd disagree. DRoseDARs May 2015 #16
The larger issue is China trying to claim the South China Sea as "theirs". They are after the okaawhatever May 2015 #17
Ah, the US is beefing up its military presence in the South China Sea delrem May 2015 #19
the "second Persian Gulf" was not my term and it refers to the amount of oil there and okaawhatever May 2015 #24
Less waving anything, and more a mere flight in international air space LanternWaste May 2015 #23
red dog 1 Diclotican May 2015 #4
All hell? History shows we will tuck our tail between our legs and they will steal all of A Simple Game May 2015 #8
A Simple Game Diclotican May 2015 #10
"Doesn't China have a standing army of 100 million?" EX500rider May 2015 #6
I was way offf red dog 1 May 2015 #22
The bigger they are, the harder they fall. Wait.. Wut?? Elmer S. E. Dump May 2015 #21
When they shoot one of our planes down, George W. Bush will apologize to them again. nt onehandle May 2015 #7
They warn America shockedcanadian May 2015 #9
Japan has already started, with our encouragement. Abe made some moves to change Article 9 okaawhatever May 2015 #18
The poor man's aircraft carrier /nt jakeXT May 2015 #20
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