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In reply to the discussion: China scrambles jets after US, Japan enter air zone [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)48. Geography?
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It's mine. No, it's mine. I said it's mine. No, I said it's mine. Wait, it's mine.
Berlum
Nov 2013
#2
Exactly. Some people are so intent on blaming the US and our allies for things they'll say anything
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#49
No, it doesnt explain anything other than you have nothing besides ad-hominem attacks.
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#69
Yeah, you love the US and the military like Snowden loves the NSA that he served in. nt
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#104
Because blaming the US for the Chinese attempting to seize Japanese islands makes so much sense
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#103
They're still grasping at straws for ways to blame the US and/or our allies.
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#71
Last time this did not end well with our crew forced to land on Hainan island
Jesus Malverde
Nov 2013
#6
which pales in comparison to the wars and illegal invasions that we have started.
olddad56
Nov 2013
#33
we need those seagulls tfrom ce age(i think) mine , mi ne, mine, mine ,mine ,mine
leftyohiolib
Nov 2013
#10
Yep. They've been doing provocations like this to thwart peace for a long time.
bemildred
Nov 2013
#12
"Yep. They've been doing provocations like this to thwart peace for a long time."
EX500rider
Nov 2013
#58
We're only tangentially involved. This is about Japan and China. I know some folks can't resist
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#74
I mentioned the treaty in the message text of my comment. We're not a party to the dispute
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#76
I think you need to listen to yourself. I know you want to make this about us. It's not.
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#78
That is your position in a nutshell. I know, its embarrassing to have it laid out like that. nt
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#108
Yes, I've seen your ability to read the minds of people you don't agree with before. nt
bemildred
Nov 2013
#111
I understand wanting to run away from your position once it is laid out. Blaming me won't help. nt
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#112
I'm not the one projecting US fault for a confrontation between China and Japan. nt
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#122
You seem to be obsessed with the idea, and assume everyone else must be too?
bemildred
Dec 2013
#135
It's about a legal agreement between US and Japan that was the result of Foreign Policy circa WWII.
okaawhatever
Dec 2013
#140
"Reckless"? Last Friday the US, Japan, and every other nation on earth could
TwilightGardener
Nov 2013
#87
Straw man: "We intimidate and or attack our neighbors into giving up their territory?"
bemildred
Nov 2013
#86
I rarely agree with that person but they are right here. Japan would go nuclear if they felt it
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#53
With all of our computers and crap being produced in China, they've got us by the short hairs and
grahamhgreen
Nov 2013
#29
"China would use its diesel boats to take down those big, fat, slow container ships"
EX500rider
Nov 2013
#117
What an absurd construct. Everyone in leadership in the military at this point in time,
MADem
Nov 2013
#52
That is what the Chinese are after. They need more oil and gas for their economic expansion
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#73
True, although I have to say I haven't heard of too many countries nationalizing Chinese assets
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#110
Drifting? Fantasy? You need to read the paper more. Your fantasies are the world's realities.
MADem
Nov 2013
#121
I don't think that it will come to the point where some will have to play the economic card.
Sand Wind
Nov 2013
#43
We do. We can get stuff other places and we could theoretically cancel the debt. Countries
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#50
Can we still build our war toys without their computers, smart phones, etc?
grahamhgreen
Dec 2013
#137
Just because a supplier gets away with providing a substandard part, doesn't mean that this MUST BE.
MADem
Dec 2013
#151
Walmart doesn't want to piss off China. Maybe Walmart could send all the weapons from their
Lint Head
Nov 2013
#31
They see themselves as the future (if not now) #1 superpower. This is an indication of how they
stevenleser
Nov 2013
#56
This issue is the rallying cry for the right wing nationalists in all of these countries
kristopher
Nov 2013
#98