US warships head for South China Sea after standoff

[RJ Connors]

I don't think I like the way this story is starting to form. View this with the story about how we might be thinking about sending national guard to the Mexican boarder and it can be concerning.

A potential conflict was brewing last night in the South China Sea after President Obama dispatched heavily armed American destroyers to the scene of a naval standoff between the US and China at the weekend.

Mr Obama’s decision to send an armed escort for US surveillance ships in the area follows the aggressive and co-ordinated manoeuvres of five Chinese boats on Sunday. They harassed and nearly collided with an unarmed American vessel.

Washington accused the Chinese ships of moving directly in front of the US Navy surveillance ship Impeccable, forcing its crew to take emergency action, and to deploy a high-pressure water hose to deter the Chinese ships. Formal protests were lodged with Beijing after the incident.

On a day that Mr Obama and his senior officials met the Chinese Foreign Minister, Yang Jiechi, in Washington, Beijing showed no sign of backing down. Its military chiefs accused the unarmed US Navy ship of being on a spying mission.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/us_and_americas/article5898650.ece

[GreenTea]

1. Each day day China is feeling the pain of the world's largest consumers (and debtors)

in a depression....Frustration, they bought it.

And we American workers are feeling it and living it. (Outsourcing).

Wal-Mart

Thank you BushCo.

[Selatius]

2. China won't back down easily. They want to save face. Pride is a big component of culture there.

Obama should work towards a solution where both sides can come away and claim victory.

If this aspect of China is not understood, things can easily get worse.

[GreenTea]

3. How infantile....create bullshit and then demand consolidation, you're right they own us.

[enuegii]

4. China did almost the same thing just about...

eight years ago. Probably want to test Obama, I guess.

[ConcernedCanuk]

5. WHY is the USA hanging around China's coast?

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Can the USA really afford to have a conflict with a country that can fight back?

Heck, Iraq and Afghanistan have practically broken the USA's military machine.

Iraq and Afghanistan neither had air forces or a decent military

CHINA is a whole different ball game

Does the USA really want to get into nuclear warfare? - because that is the ONLY way they can damage China's military

and if the USA gets into conflict with China,

I suspect Russia won't be far behind

And then when we are all distracted

India and Pakistan will have a go at each other

Jayzuss fricken kristus

I thought President Obama was gonna bring GOOD change . .

This ain't good . . .