jhungary
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Again, apart from the nitpicking, you guys failed to see the dynamic behind this whole event.
During the Republican "undercard" debate on Fox Business in Nov. last year, Gov. Chris Christie said " I'll fly Air Force One over disputed Chinese-controlled islands to show them we mean business". Christie also called US President Barack Obama’s and Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton’s foreign policy “feckless” and “weak.”
http://www.businessinsider.com.au/chris-christie-air-force-one-south-china-sea-2015-11?r=US&IR=T
So the whole of my point of this thread is, isn't this the best time for Obama to fly AF-1 over the Chinese- controlled islands to show he means business? Clearly Obama chose not to do so.
Perhaps that is why Mark Knoller, the White House correspondent , made the statement of "notes AF-1 flightpath hugged the coast and avoided flying over South China Sea" in the first place.
Was Chris Christi POTUS or is it Barack Obama? AF1 does not have an obligation to flew thru anything beside from A to B. There are about 200 US military flight take off and land in South East Asia every day, how many of those are flying thru the islands itself??
So if POTUS or majority of Military Flight in that area does not fly pass the island, does that actually means anything? Or do you actually think Chinese would do anything other than asking it to leave even if AF1 do flew over those Island? Do you think Obama would expect Chinese to fire some missile at AF1 if he does choose to fly over the island??
Again, you have no point to continue on this thread...That's how the situation stand.
I still like him though. I would want to play soccer with him.
Meh, I don't know buddy, I was on the phone with him a few month ago. I don't think of him as anything, I can just say he would not be in my circle of friends (I can't really communicate with him, I spoke crap mandarin and he spoke crap English. I suppose he don't speak Spanish or Swedish) so I will probably not going to hang around with him much, even tho we live 40 clicks apart
But still, he is considered one of the more "Approachable" Chinese member here.