Interesting Tactic

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Pentagon: Chinese vessels harassed Navy ship – AP (3/9/09):

“The Chinese vessels surrounded USNS Impeccable, two of them closing to within 50 feet, waving Chinese flags and telling Impeccable to leave the area,” officials said in the statement.

“Because the vessels’ intentions were not known, Impeccable sprayed its fire hoses at one of the vessels in order to protect itself,” the Defense statement said. “The Chinese crewmembers disrobed to their underwear and continued closing to within 25 feet.”

Does the Chinese Navy not roll with “Don’t Ask Don’ Tell”?

Comments

  1. pacifist says:
    March 9, 2009 at 10:18 am

    Routine operation = routine harassment. What would we do if the Chinese or Russian send their surveillance ship for routine operations 125 miles off Los Angeles or New York?

  2. matt says:
    March 9, 2009 at 10:21 am

    >What would we do if the Chinese or Russian send their surveillance ship for routine operations 125 miles off Los Angeles or New York?

    i’m guessing it’s covered in the video above, especially if it’s new york.

  3. Christine says:
    March 9, 2009 at 11:32 am

    If those firehoses were guns, the Chinese SOB’s would have been picking up bodies off their own decks! This is another sign of increasing Communist aggression toward the US. The Russians and Chinese have been practicing war games together for the past seven years and are at current writing, preparing for an invasion of the US.
    Our new “President” should take heed. The Chinese hold our national debt and are NOT our true ally. What do Russia, China, Iran and North Korea have in common?

    1. They are all Communist countries
    2. They all HATE the US
    3. They hold our national debt and are preparing for an all out war.
    Why in God’s name Bush ever created the smokescreen called the Iraqi War in order to obtain easy access to oil fields, while knowing that Russia, China, Iran and North Korea pose a very REAL and imminent threat to the US is beyond comprehension.
    Citizens take heed! The dire economy only strengthens the positions of those who wish to harm the US and their interests. This is only the beginning!

  4. Stuart says:
    March 9, 2009 at 11:35 am

    Gotta love those propoganda vids!

  5. sarabeth says:
    March 9, 2009 at 12:47 pm

    Gotta love Christine!

    Iran is a Communist country!

    North Korea holds our national debt!

  6. Sailingwindward says:
    March 9, 2009 at 3:56 pm

    Can we just cut ties with this communist country (China), they are not our friends or partners, and maybe some of the so called never coming back jobs will come back.

  7. matt says:
    March 9, 2009 at 4:01 pm

    how do you figure they aren’t our partners? or does trading and finance not count?