U.S. plans third patrol near disputed South China Sea islands: source

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Source: Reuters

The U.S. Navy plans to conduct another passage near disputed islands in the South China Sea in early April, a source familiar with the plan said on Friday, the third in series of challenges that have drawn sharps rebukes from China.

The exact timing of the exercise and which ship would travel inside a 12-nautical mile limit around a disputed island was not immediately clear.

The United States has conducted what it calls "freedom of navigation" exercises in recent months, sailing near disputed islands to underscore its right to navigate the seas. U.S. Navy officials have said they plan to conduct more and increasingly complex exercises in the future.

The U.S.S. Stennis carrier strike group is currently operating in the South China Sea. The next freedom of navigation exercise is unlikely to be conducted by a carrier like the Stennis, but rather by a smaller ship, the source said.

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[Warren Stupidity]

1. The first two failed to get the desired reaction.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

9. BOOM

literally

[sofa king]

2. China is winning the media battle.

It used to be the "West Philippine Sea," and the island groups and banks were collectively known as the Greater Spratlys, I think.

(At one point an adventurer claimed them all as the "Free Territory of Freedomland." Which sounds very Republican now.)

Anyway, just here to point out that the Chinese have probably bribed and coerced a whole lot of journalists to shift the name of the area. First they name it Chinese, then they take it.

[awoke_in_2003]

11. They have to

their navy sure wouldn't be able to.

[whereisjustice]

3. Let's send China more cash and more jobs. Maybe they'll stand down.

Oh and a big ol FU to the people (including many 3rd way Democrats like Hillary Clinton) who claim that DNC leadership's love affair with outsourcing jobs to China is simply helping the poor children of China who need our jobs more than the undeserving citizens of the USA who clearly are to blame for their own economic misery for not wanting to live in a shack and work in a factory prison for $5 a day.

[Democat]

4. How about you find a hobby other than bashing Democrats

No mention of disliking Republicans at all in your post.

[whereisjustice]

5. lol

[whereisjustice]

7. hmmm, i think you captured the main problem confronting the democratic party

I don't mention republicans very often. Why do you think that is?

Because when you talk about them and give them attention you legitimize them. You make them as equal partners.

When I see those cartoons on the front page mocking republicans I know for a fact that it really is having the opposite effect. It shows people obsessed and distracted by what other people are doing such that they COMPLETELY lose sight of the fact that our own party is just following down the same path, although about 20 - 30 years later.

From Wasserman Shultz shilling for payday loans, to Hillary shilling for Goldman Sachs and getting a massive payday, there's not a lot of positive progress coming out of Democrats lately.

The Democratic Party's embrace of offshoring to Vietnam, China, India, Mexico is no exception.

So much so that we've accepted the unacceptable in order to promote a DNC establishment candidate whose record on war, poverty, trade has done the exact opposite of helping working class families accross the US.

So you and the rest of the crew go ahead and keep pointing at Republicans and showing intolerance to change and self criticism that is more than deserved by our corrupt political party which has become as corrupt as the republicans. Establishment Dems are happy to see you do this because it makes their own transgressions more tolerable. As long as there is a lesser of two evils, right?

Meanwhile you've just proven that Democrats are so thin skinned they cannot accept that their own party is engaging in many of the same policy goals as republicans.... the difference is mainly in the order of magnitude but NOT direction.

So you keep scolding. Maybe even demand a loyalty pledge if that's your authoritarian bend.

Just remember, history has proven bad things happen when you control the message and hide the duplicity and corruption within. Donald Trump is the result.

[SoLeftIAmRight]

8. lol

think

[bemildred]

6. Keep trying, bound to be an incident one of these times. nt

[Odin2005]

10. Good. China has to learn that it can't fuck with our friends in SE Asia.