Search results

I'm not relying on any one report and I haven't read the Goldstone report. I may have read the Guardian article. I have read several reports of the incident and made my conclusions based on reports from many different points of view. I stand by my statement that Israel over-reacted again and...

That is a definite possibility

This was a pretty dumb move by both sides. One one hand, Turkey allows the ship to sail in the first place, a direct provocation toward Israel and despite the Zero problems with our neighbors pledge. Then you have Israel over reacting, yet again, attacking a ship in international waters and...

The chances are slim to none, Canada has gone down this road several times in the past and then the Quebecois realize just how stupid this would be. They would have to start printing their own currency They would have to establish trade treaties with well every nation on earth they would...

Except for the fact that the Israelis don't respect the civil and property rights of the Palestinians. They are gradually developing their own version of apartheid. Don't misread this as my supporting the Palestinians either. IMO both sides are batshit crazy. They keep repeating the same...

ehh It will give the US coast guard something to do besides chase drug smugglers....rescue Iranian sailors :help:

if you put it in color does it make you feel better? Japan doesn't have the tomahawk because the Japanese government in the past decided Tomahawks are not in keeping with their constitution. It has nothing to do with the version of Aegis they are using In keeping with Japan's post-war...

No Japan already has the SM-3 Oct 29/10: JFTM-4. The recently upgraded JS Kirishima [DDG-174] successfully hits a separating “1,000 km class” ballistic missile target using an SM-3 Block 1A missile Japan’s Fleet BMD Upgrades

That just shows that you have no idea what you are talking about. Aegis is not a radar, it does not have range, resolution or power. Aegis is software and computers that use inputs from various radars and integrates them into a "picture" of the area and then launches and controls the various...

this has absolutely nothing to do with the Aegis systems sold to Japan. Japan uses the exact same version of Aegis as the US as reported in Defense industry daily. As does Australia and other countries http://www.dsca.mil/pressreleases/36-b/2008/Australia_08-74.pdf

So what is your point? That the US actually talked to people they disagree with about issues they have in common? There would be a lot less fighting and wars in the world if the US did this more often and everyone else did the same

You keep repeating this and it is entirely wrong. Japan operates the same version of Aegis as the US he MDA and the Navy are jointly developing Aegis BMD as part of the United States' Ballistic Missile Defense System. Currently, a total of 28 Aegis BMD-equipped warships - 24 in the U.S. Navy...

So which is it? Does the west respect election results or not? Let's not ignore the fact that the US and some countries in Europe specifically told the egyptian military to respect the election results when the Muslim brotherhood won the election and made it clear that another military coup was...

You mean like Egypt? You really think the west was happy that the muslim brotherhood won the elections? or how about Tunisia?

That is incorrect, Some weapons systems that the US sells are downgraded and some aren't. Japan for one is using the same Aegis system that the US uses with fleet BMD capability Japan’s Fleet BMD Upgrades They are also getting CEC, which is a game changer when it comes to fleet...

This is getting to be pretty widely reported A commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps, or IRGC, appeared to offer Iran’s first open acknowledgment of its military involvement in Syria. “Today we are involved in fighting every aspect of a war, a military one in Syria and a...

17:29 BST Summary • Speaking at the non-aligned summit in Tehran, the Egyptian president Mohammed Morsi has condemned the "oppressive" Syrian regime and expressed solidarity with the Syrian people. His comments were a clear rebuke to Iran, Syria's key regional ally, on the first visit to...

Not really Until 2010, Mead was the Henry A. Kissinger Senior Fellow for U.S. Foreign Policy at the Council on Foreign Relations. Mead currently teaches American foreign policy at Yale University

That is incorrect. The short version is, they have renounced offensive wars, not offensive weaponry. They do have the right of self defense. For example, they can launch an offensive air strike against ships preparing to invade Japan. That is a defensive use of an offensive weapon. They...

I am talking about fixed wing aircraft carriers, not helicopter carriers. Contrary to what the article says, there never has been anything in the Japanese constitution preventing them from having a true aircraft carrier.