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In reply to the discussion: China scrambles jets after US, Japan enter air zone [View all]stevenleser
(32,886 posts)49. Exactly. Some people are so intent on blaming the US and our allies for things they'll say anything
Much of the airspace and waters the Chinese are claiming are international, the rest are Japanese.
Of course it's the business of the Japanese.
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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