China has been fucking around for a while now. One of these times they’re going to step over that line and start something they wish they hadn’t.
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Hey China, how about you stop being malicious and provacative in the SCS?
Bro they're just defending their sovereignty bro. It's totally their waters even though it's international waters, and did you see how dangerous those fishermen vessels were to their national security??? /s
They were seen favorably by the Western Left, but then they started to pull shit like this. They have somehow managed to align both Democrats and Republicans against them, which is fucking impressive. They continue to recklessly fuck around, and I don't think their economy is in a state to find out.
They're playing a very dangerous game. And they know it too, with how they're projecting in their statements.
They're trying to claim international waters as their own. Flagrantly. If they're going to ignore internationally agreed upon borders, they shouldn't be surprised when everyone laughs at their claims of sovereignty.
Ah yes, when I think “Canada” I think “malicious and provocative”
Hey man if you had to live above a meth lab eventually you'd crack too.
Canada isn't sorry anymore.
That sounds like a really awesome tag line for the Captain Canada movie
Can we change the name of the SCS already? What could trigger the Chinese government the most?
Tianamen sea? Mongolia was here sea? Taiwan (no sea, just Taiwan)?
~~ASA~~ SAS - South Asian Sea It's inclusive of all territories and still pisses off China.
I think this is the best option, i dont want to piss the Chinese people but just the Chinese government and this could fall specifically in that space
SAS?
Don't smoke weed kids
West Tawanese Channel
Greater Vietnamese Sea!
What's up with Russia and china's shitty pilots? One of these days, one of those morons is going to stall their fighter or miscalculate and crash into the sea, and the international vessel they're harassing is going to have to pick them up. Fucking idiots.
They want provocation from the west, if they do dangerous shit that might endanger Canadian/US/whoever vessels then we might be forced to retaliate in order to prevent an accident that could put sailors/marines at risk.
America no!!
America : I'm over here...
Sorry, force of habit, Canada Noooo!
All these little maneuvers remind me of the classic bully who pulls his punch at the last second trying to get you to flinch.
Oh, are the hostage diplomacists upset?
Too fucking bad.
They should have send an air balloon instead...
This is the best summary I could come up with:
The incident was the second of two “unsafe” encounters the Canadian chopper had on that day with Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) Navy J-11 fighters, which got as close as 100 feet (30 meters) from the helicopter, Maj.
Rob Millen, air officer aboard the Royal Canadian Navy frigate HMCS Ottawa, told CNN in an interview on the warship.
Canadian Defense Minister Bill Blair briefed reporters on the incidents later Friday, saying the Chinese jets’ actions were deemed to be “significantly unsafe” and put “the safety of all personnel involved in unnecessary risk.”
“China’s People’s Liberation Army organized naval and air forces to conduct identification, verification in accordance with the law and issued multiple warnings.
Since 2014 Beijing has built up tiny reefs and sandbars into artificial islands heavily fortified with missiles, runways and weapons systems – sparking outcry from the other claimants.
That incident was recorded by news crews aboard the Canadian aircraft and witnessed by Maj. Gen. Iain Huddleston, the commander of Canada’s 1st Air Division, who was also on the plane.
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I think I'm old enough to realize none of this matters.