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ChiCom ground sat in Aus tracks US and AUS ships ...
Libertas:
https://rumble.com/v4pqmqn-is-the-chinese-government-taking-over.html
Yeah, well...not going to be able to deal with the Quisling scum here collaborating with the bloody Chi-Com's until we make it really difficult for them to do so...
So, yeah...we need someone to poke the Chi-Com's in the eye hard enough to spark a shooting war...then maybe both enemies can be engaged...
Until then, the sappers will continue to sell us all out...
Libertas:
I keep telling people the Chi-Com's see only one way out of their economic woes and it is war...
Now, INDOPACOM commander Admiral John Aquilino is sounding the alarm -
"We all need to understand that it's moving very fast," Aquilino said, as quoted by Bloomberg.
He said, "The buildup of military power despite a bad economy, the increased narrative of all things inside the 10-dash line are Chinese sovereign territory, then the actions that are going toward enforcement."
After serving three years as the head of INDOPACOM, Aquilino will step down. He oversees 380,000 soldiers, sailors, Marines, airmen, guardians, Coast Guardsmen, and Department of Defense civilians.
He warned about rising tensions near the Second Thomas Shoal, where the Philippines has held the line since World War II. A recent incident of Chinese vessels using water cannons to block Philippine military vessels has been an ominous sign for some military observers.
Aquilino also spoke about China's economy, indicating the world's second-largest economy "has drastically been reduced" because of a "real-estate market crash."
"You go ask any economist if the Chinese are going to deliver 5.3% growth, and they will tell you, 'No way,'" Aquilino said.
Aquilino also called North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's regime "disgusting" for spending large sums of money on the military while a food shortage ripples through the country.
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David Asher, a senior fellow at the Hudson Institute, commented on Aquilino's remarks by stating:
"Admiral Aquilino has been a forward-thinking, leaning, and acting US Combatant Commander in the Indo-Pacific. But the facts on the ground and sea have been allowed to strategically favor Communist China which has fortified coral reefs and atolls across the South China Sea and fan its naval forces across the region from the seas surrounding Japan to Taiwan to the Philippines and Vietnam.
"China's relentless expansionism has been largely unopposed. Beijing cannot be allowed to continue its expansionist wave. It's time for the US, Japan, and Australia to link up and provide active protection to the Philippines and start to begin freedom of navigation missions to Taiwan. Incoming Commander Admiral Sam Paparo will have a lot on his plate."
https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/thats-concerning-us-indo-pacific-commander-warns-china-becoming-more-aggressive
It is not unusual, though more usual in the past than now...for outgoing commanders to issue one last warning as they leave a posting. It confirms my own concerns in the region. I am unmoved IMO that the wrong engagement in Europe is an unnecessary and dangerously distracting and wasteful use of time and resources when the far larger threat in the Pacific remains negligently under-addressed. America's enemies in order of magnitude are: Communist China, Iran & North Korea in that order...all others can wait or are not an immediate problem. We neglect the Pacific and it will be our undoing unless stupidity in Europe renders the world inhospitable first.
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