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AGENDA21 (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:50 PM Original message |
An aircraft carrier for China? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
1. Why would they want one? |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:54 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. A floating airbase off the coast of Taiwan |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #3 |
4. All of China is off the coast of Taiwan? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. And Tibet? Well those aircraftcarriers dont' move so well over Himalayaas. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:08 PM Response to Reply #10 |
12. 100 miles from the mainland to Taiwan versus |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:48 PM Response to Reply #12 |
17. I'm not saying they don't want Taiwan. They want Taiwan so much |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:55 PM Response to Reply #17 |
19. I'm from Canada. I know what it is like to live next door to one of those |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:04 PM Response to Reply #19 |
23. Sorry about that. |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:49 PM Response to Reply #23 |
27. You're not so bad. I just did the racism test that was posted earlier. |
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mikelewis (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:09 PM Response to Reply #19 |
25. We ain't so tough or so big... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:46 PM Response to Reply #25 |
26. I'll write a letter if you ever attack us. And keep a copy. On file. |
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IthinkThereforeIAM (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:01 PM Response to Reply #1 |
9. To cruise up and down... |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:02 PM Response to Reply #9 |
11. LOL. If the Chinese so much as cross the midline of the Pacific in |
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BushOut06 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:27 PM Response to Reply #9 |
29. Did the Soviet Navy ever do that? |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:23 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. To project power. |
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democracyindanger (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:26 PM Response to Reply #14 |
15. Actually, your geopolitical explanation |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:50 PM Response to Reply #15 |
18. Isn't space the new frontier? I mean - oceans are old. And they already |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
20. You mean like this? |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:00 PM Response to Reply #20 |
21. Yes. Dominance in the skies. |
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pocket (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:52 PM Response to Original message |
2. I hope so |
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applegrove (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:55 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. Yep. And China is doing a great game of counter-balancing the UN |
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rockymountaindem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:06 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Of all the possible counterbalances out there |
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philarq (273 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 06:59 PM Response to Original message |
6. They actually already own 2 |
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Fridays Child (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
7. When? Probably right after American corporate fascists sell it to them. |
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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:00 PM Response to Original message |
8. Why bother they own our Navy already. |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:13 PM Response to Original message |
13. If China starts making aircraft carriers, can I buy one at Wal-Mart? |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 07:28 PM Response to Reply #13 |
16. P.S. - I really, really, really want my own aircraft carrier! |
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Ready4Change (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Jan-31-06 08:01 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. Well, I didn't want to embarrass you. |
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SlipperySlope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed Feb-01-06 12:25 PM Response to Reply #22 |
28. Damn! |
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