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Reuters reports:
Japan plans to dispatch its largest warship on a three-month tour through the South China Sea beginning in May, three sources said, in its biggest show of naval force in the region since World War Two. China claims almost all the disputed waters and its growing military presence has fueled concern in Japan and the West, with the United States holding regular air and naval patrols to ensure freedom of navigation.
The Izumo helicopter carrier, commissioned only two years ago, will make stops in Singapore, Indonesia, the Philippines and Sri Lanka before joining the Malabar joint naval exercise with Indian and U.S. naval vessels in the Indian Ocean in July.
President of the Philippines Rodrigo Duterte said he may visit the warship. The Chinese navy plans to "shadow" foreign military vessels and aircraft. The U.S. is deploying an attack drone to South Korea to respond to recent North Korean missile launches.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Tuesday March 14 2017, @10:47PM (4 children)
Also agreed. Amusingly, the GP's racially bent rant has enough holes in it to sink a large Japanese warship. I get the grumpy old man thing*, but geeze, he'd have to have served in WWII for that screed to make any kind of sense.
* I want him off my lawn! :)
(Score: 2) by Azuma Hazuki on Tuesday March 14 2017, @10:54PM (3 children)
He's acting. Eth is a professional (well, "professional") troll, and I doubt he believes even a tenth of the stuff he says. He does it for the attention and what I am reliably informed are referred to as "teh lulz." Is he a sick bastard? Kinda, but unlike several other people i can name, he probably remembers the first rule of drug dealing: "don't get high on your own supply."
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 0, Flamebait) by Ethanol-fueled on Tuesday March 14 2017, @11:33PM (1 child)
"Asian" has a different meaning to different countries. I wanted to make it clear here that I meant squinty-eyes rather than durka-durkas.
But "oriental" isn't offensive at all. Sure, I'll give them "Nip" or even "Chinaman" as a concession, but no way is "oriental" offensive.
(Score: 2, Informative) by Azuma Hazuki on Wednesday March 15 2017, @03:54AM
Yes, yes, that's a good...er...well, a functioning-as-usual Ethie. Go nap now, the grownups are talking.
I am "that girl" your mother warned you about...
(Score: 2) by Hairyfeet on Wednesday March 15 2017, @08:44PM
What is sad is this site is so damned full of puppies a good 90% of his bits fly right over their heads. I mean you call yourselves geeks and NOBODY got the Kentucky Fried Movie reference? Really? Sigh...look up " fighting force of extraordinary magnitude" on YouTube. Geez I bet the demographic here is so damned wet behind the ears their first Star Wars movie was the prequels!
ACs are never seen so don't bother. Always ready to show SJWs for the racists they are.