U.S. Admiral Backing Red China?
Published Mon, Nov 13 2006 8:21 AM
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We learned last month that China may have provided crucial support to the North Korean nuclear program. Now we find that our own navy is supporting China's military efforts against us.
A Chinese submarine stalked a U.S. aircraft carrier battle group in the Pacific last month and surfaced within firing range of its torpedoes and missiles before being detected, The Washington Times has learned.
The surprise encounter highlights China's continuing efforts to prepare for a future conflict with the U.S., despite Pentagon efforts to try to boost relations with Beijing's communist-ruled military.
The submarine encounter with the USS Kitty Hawk and its accompanying warships also is an embarrassment to the commander of U.S. forces in the Pacific, Adm. William J. Fallon, who is engaged in an ambitious military exchange program with China aimed at improving relations between the two nations' militaries.
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The incident is a setback for the aggressive U.S.-China military exchange program being promoted by Adm. Fallon, who has made several visits to China in recent months in an attempt to develop closer ties.
However, critics of the program in the Pentagon say China has not reciprocated and continues to deny U.S. military visitors access to key facilities, including a Beijing command center. In contrast, Chinese military visitors have been invited to military exercises and sensitive U.S. facilities.
Additionally, military intelligence officials said Adm. Fallon has restricted U.S. intelligence-gathering activities against China, fearing that disclosure of the activities would upset relations with Beijing.
The restrictions are hindering efforts to know more about China's military buildup, the officials said.
"This is a harbinger of a stronger Chinese reaction to America's military presence in East Asia," said Richard Fisher, a Chinese military specialist with the International Assessment and Strategy Center, who called the submarine incident alarming.
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"The Chinese have made it clear that they understand the importance of the submarine in any kind of offensive or defensive strategy to deal with a military conflict," an intelligence official said recently.
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The Pentagon's latest annual report on Chinese military power stated that China is investing heavily in weapons designed "to interdict, at long ranges, aircraft carrier and expeditionary strike groups that might deploy to the western Pacific."
Read more in The Washington Times.
That's just great. Adm. Fallon should be court-marshaled. I've said it before, and I'll say it again, the Chinese are not our friends. Despite the fact that they are probably the most powerful of all communist states, and that they continue to act as our adversary at the United Nations Adm. Fallon wants to help them build up their military.
This man is a brilliant military strategist. Brilliant in the way that Benedict Arnold was anyway. Brilliant in the way that a man who removes his front door, disables his alarm, and leaves all of his valuables in a brightly lit front room in a high crime neighborhood is brilliant.
Maybe this incident will serve to wake him up. What's a communist sympathizer doing leading our Navy?
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