When you are indebted to a country for trillions of dollars, this is the treatment we should respect
on March 9th, 2009 at 11:32 amAnd it doesn’t help when we are begging China to take more of our debt.
Clinton wraps Asia trip by asking China to buy US debt
PENTAGON: CHINESE SHIPS HARASSING U.S. VESSELS
nypost.com
By CLEMENTE LISIWASHINGTON – Five Chinese vessels “shadowed and aggressively maneuvered” towards a US Navy ship in the South China Sea — at one point closing to within 25 feet of the boat, the Pentagon said today.
The US ship was operated by a civilian crew under contract with the Defense Department.
The Chinese vessels “shadowed and aggressively maneuvered in dangerously close proximity” to the USS Impeccable, which was conducting routine operations Sunday in international waters, the Defense Department said.
The Defense Department identified the Chinese vessels as a Navy intelligence ship, a bureau of maritime fisheries patrol vessel, a state oceanographic administration boat and two other small patrol vessels.
Two Chinese vessels surrounded the Impeccable, while two closed to within 50 feet waving Chinese flags and telling the US Navy ship to leave at once. The Navy ship responded by spraying one of the vessels with its fire hoses, but the Chinese ship responded by closing in further to within 25 feet. (more…)
