DUmmies need a lesson in chain of command

[BannedFromDU]

Star Member mfcorey1 (5,644 posts)

U.S. adds muscle, seeks friends in South China Sea standoff
ABOARD USS FORT WORTH IN THE JAVA SEA – Cmdr. Chris Brown looked at the line of warships behind him and didn’t like what he saw.

An Indonesian ship, KRI John Lie, had crept too close in an attempt to spot an “enemy” submarine lurking nearby. But when Brown relayed directions for the John Lie to ease back, the ship cut speed too quickly and forced others in line to veer off in all directions.

“Well, that’s why we practice these things,” Brown said, assessing the ragged formation.

The drill was part of a recent four-day exercise in which American and Indonesian forces stormed beaches, boarded ships, hunted submarines and practiced the wide range of skills they’d need if called upon to fight together in wartime.

While no one mentioned China by name, the increasing number and complexity of joint exercises with friendly countries in the region forms a key part of the U.S. response to China’s growing military strength and assertiveness.

"(The) exercises help to build skills among Southeast Asian navies, and importantly build relationships between the U.S. and Southeast Asian countries. They help participating Southeast Asian navies exercise and prepare for real-world scenarios,” said Bonnie Glaser, senior adviser for Asia at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

So far this year, the U.S. has conducted joint exercises with naval forces in Singapore, Vietnam, the Philippines, Malaysia and Indonesia. All those countries have territory that borders the disputed South China Sea. Other joint exercises are planned later this year.

China has asserted ownership of nearly all of the South China Sea and is building at least seven artificial islands in the key waterway. Parts of the region are also claimed by five other countries, including three of this year’s training partners.

“These exercises allow the U.S. to show its flag and maintain access to the South China Sea, building capacity for regional partners. It sends a political signal to China, but more importantly, to the region as a whole,” said Tetsuo Kotani, senior fellow and maritime security specialist at the Japan Institute of International Affairs in Tokyo.

South China Sea is increasingly an area of concern as China upgrades its Navy from a bunch of floating rickshaws to real power. But somehow, some way, the DUmmies imagine that these exercises are devised and managed from Crawford, TX:

cantbeserious (7,456 posts)
1. Neoconservatives - Preparing For The Next War

eom

Um, no. I'm sorry to burst your bubble, DUmb****s, but the USN doesn't cause a ripple in the ocean without the say-so of these two:



(I know it looks like Kerry is jerking 0bama off with his right hand, but my point remains)

Not "neocons." Not the "MIC." Dear Leader and Lurch are doing this. Period. Full stop. (to channel Will Pitt)

With that in mind...

bemildred (83,356 posts)
2. They really are a bunch of shallow dumb asses when you give them a good look. nt

Couldn't agree more.

newfie11 (7,289 posts)
3. I've no doubt they will get their way

What the hell are we doing!! How many wars does the MIC want at once!

You were just fine when they exposed their buttholes to Iran. Maybe we should cede the S China Sea to China?

[Maverick1987]

(I know it looks like Kerry is jerking 0bama off with his right hand, but my point remains)

    Hi5

[Delmar]

Response to cantbeserious (Reply #1)Sun Aug 23, 2015, 12:23 PM
topological (20 posts)
4. Neocons are in the White House and Dept of State?

That's news to me.

Maybe someone should tell President Obama his fleet is operating without his knowledge

Well done and welcome to democrat underground.

[SVPete]

cantbeserious (7,456 posts)
1. Neoconservatives - Preparing For The Next War

eom

Obama is President. Has been for over 6 1/2 years.

  Any idiot understands:

* Complex maneuvers on land or sea require significant training and practice;

* Wars, such as the WW2 ETO, WW2 PTO, and Korea can be started by one lunatic nation;

* The "Pre" in "Prepared" means critical capabilities were developed before war came;

* Critical capabilities cannot be developed, if at all, in battle without paying a horrible price in blood;

* Coordination among multinational allied forces cannot be developed in the midst of battle.

All of which means that these DU-folk aren't even as smart as "any-idiot-grade".

[Ralph Wiggum]

The dense DUmmies probably think that Cheney, Wolfowitz, etc. are still orchestrating this from their underground command center.  Living in their brains rent free.

[GOBUCKS]

The dense DUmmies probably think that Cheney, Wolfowitz, etc. are still orchestrating this from their underground command center.

I'd feel infinitely more secure if only that were true.

[txradioguy]

cantbeserious (7,456 posts)
1. Neoconservatives - Preparing For The Next War

eom

The U.S. armed forces practicing and preparing for the next war since 1776.  All day...every day.

FFS what do these ass clowns think we do all day every day in between the real shooting wars we've engaged in?

[SVPete]

The U.S. armed forces practicing and preparing for the next war since 1776.  All day...every day.

FFS what do these ass clowns think we do all day every day in between the real shooting wars we've engaged in?

They view all of your training and every modernization of your weaponry as the cause of wars, trg. For example, in their view the loony bellicose Wilhelm II (with help from the emperors of Russia and Austria-Hungary) didn't tip the dominoes of 1914 into the conflagration that became WW1. The naval competition of Britain vs. Germany - building ever more and better Dreadnought-type battleships and battle cruisers - caused WW1 (despite the fact that those ships only met in battle two or three times).