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Title: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 06:02:29 PM
When I was in the Philippines they couldn't shut up about how awful China was and how glad they were to be America's friend.

http://www.aljazeera.com/news/asia-pacific/2012/04/201241112736382783.html

QuotePhilippine navy in standoff with China ships
Manila summons Beijing's ambassador for talks over confrontation between warship and Chinese vessels in South China Sea.

The Philippines has summoned China's ambassador in Manila after two Chinese ships blocked a Philippine Navy vessel from arresting Chinese fishermen in the South China Sea.

Eight Chinese fishing vessels were anchored off Scarborough Shoal, the Philippine government said on Wednesday, as Albert del Rosario, the country's foreign affairs secretary, called in Ma Keqing, the ambassador, for talks.

Manila and Beijing contest sovereignty over the small group of islands and reefs, which lie about 124 nautical miles from the western coast of the Philippines' main island of Luzon.

The foreign affairs department statement said the Philippines' flagship warship, the Gregorio Del Pilar, found the eight vessels there on Sunday while patrolling the area.

Two "Chinese maritime surveillance ships" then sailed to the shoal on Tuesday, the statement said.

The ships placed themselves between the Gregorio del Pilar and the fishing vessels, "thus preventing the arrest of the erring Chinese fishermen", the statement said. "The situation has remained unchanged as of this morning," it added.

Del Rosario had contacted Ma to emphasise that the area was "an integral part of Philippine territory" and invite him for talks aimed at finding a diplomatic solution, according to the statement.

Zhang Hua, a spokesman for China's embassy in Manila, told AFP on Wednesday he had no comment on the latest standoff.

The incident is the latest flare-up in tensions between the two countries over competing territorial claims to parts of the South China Sea, which is believed to sit atop vast oil and gas deposits.

China insists it has sovereign rights to all of the South China Sea, even waters close to the coast of other countries and hundreds of miles from its own mainland.

The Philippines says it has sovereign rights over waters within its 200-nautical-mile exclusive economic zone, and that its position is supported by international law.

Apart from China and the Philippines, Taiwan, Malaysia, Brunei and Vietnam, also have overlapping claims to parts of the South China Sea, making the waters one of Asia's potential flashpoints for armed conflict.

The Philippines and Vietnam complained last year of increasingly aggressive acts by China in staking its claim to the South China Sea.

The Philippines accused Chinese vessels of firing warning shots at Filipino fishermen, as well as harassing an oil exploration vessel.

Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
Fuck the Flips.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Neil on April 11, 2012, 06:37:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
Fuck the Flips.
So you're siding with Beijing?

Castle doctrine won't save you from CdM.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:43:24 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 11, 2012, 06:37:50 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
Fuck the Flips.
So you're siding with Beijing?

Castle doctrine won't save you from CdM.

I side with neither. The dog eating Chinese, or the ungrateful Flip, who only likes the American when he wants something from Uncle Sam? May both their houses burn.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Eddie Teach on April 11, 2012, 06:47:58 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:43:24 PM
I side with neither. The dog eating Chinese, or the ungrateful Flip, who only likes the American when he wants something from Uncle Sam? May both their houses burn.

If it keeps something away from the Chinese with much less effort on our part, we ought to go along with them.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Siege on April 11, 2012, 07:09:51 PM
Whatever we can do to contain China its worth the effort.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 08:39:28 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
Fuck the Flips.

I won't tolerate that attitude.  Sure, they're the least attractive of the Asiatic Ass League, but they're one of the few countries that truly love the United States.

And there are generations of US servicemen that have "Suzie, Subic Bay 1962" tattoos forever looking back at their wives.  You just can't put a value on that.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 08:59:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 08:39:28 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
Fuck the Flips.
Sure, they're the least attractive of the Asiatic Ass League, but they're one of the few countries that truly love the United States.

:huh: Disagree
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 09:24:21 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 08:59:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 08:39:28 PM
Quote from: Ed Anger on April 11, 2012, 06:04:09 PM
Fuck the Flips.
Sure, they're the least attractive of the Asiatic Ass League, but they're one of the few countries that truly love the United States.

:huh: Disagree

They love the United States, fucker.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Neil on April 11, 2012, 09:30:55 PM
I'm sure most of them do.  The Americans murdered most of the ones who didn't love the US during the occupation.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 09:31:40 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 09:24:21 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 08:59:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 08:39:28 PM

Sure, they're the least attractive of the Asiatic Ass League
, but they're one of the few countries that truly love the United States.

:huh: Disagree

They love the United States, fucker.
^^^Edited for clarity.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 09:32:04 PM
Quote from: Neil on April 11, 2012, 09:30:55 PM
I'm sure most of them do.  The Americans murdered most of the ones who didn't love the US during the occupation.

Goddamn right.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 09:32:56 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 09:31:40 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 09:24:21 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 08:59:04 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 08:39:28 PM

Sure, they're the least attractive of the Asiatic Ass League
, but they're one of the few countries that truly love the United States.

:huh: Disagree

They love the United States, fucker.
^^^Edited for clarity.

So, you like 'em chubby with a touch of tapas.  Gotcha.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Eddie Teach on April 11, 2012, 10:43:39 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 09:32:56 PM
So, you like 'em chubby with a touch of tapas.  Gotcha.

I suspect he's comparing Filipina waitresses and hotel clerks with Koreans he sees in the supermarket.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:05:20 PM
Women should have curves.

Anyways, speaking of China, anyone seen HMBOB lately?
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 11:07:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:05:20 PM
Women should have curves.

:lol:  Dude.  There's curves, and then there's chubby Filipinos.

You've been away from the Big PX too long, sailor.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:16:42 PM
Quote from: CountDeMoney on April 11, 2012, 11:07:14 PM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:05:20 PM
Women should have curves.

:lol:  Dude.  There's curves, and then there's chubby Filipinos.

You've been away from the Big PX too long, sailor.
I don't know what they're like in the states, but I definitely wouldn't call the girls I saw in the Philippines chubby.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: Razgovory on April 12, 2012, 07:00:26 AM
Hard to put on weight with tapeworms.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 12, 2012, 07:18:12 AM
I dunno, Filipinos kinda look like Guatemalans that are just near-sighted.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: grumbler on April 12, 2012, 09:41:53 AM
Quote from: Neil on April 11, 2012, 09:30:55 PM
I'm sure most of them do.  The Americans murdered most both of the ones who didn't love the US during the occupation.
FYP for greater accuracy.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on April 12, 2012, 09:42:05 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:05:20 PM
Women should have curves.

Anyways, speaking of China, anyone seen HMBOB lately?

No.
Should I be worried? :unsure:

PS. Fuck China's bullshit territorial waters claim. And fuck Chinese fishermen, who have a habit of stabbing Korean and other good guy coasties and being protected by mother China.
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: CountDeMoney on April 12, 2012, 09:43:31 AM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 12, 2012, 09:42:05 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:05:20 PM
Women should have curves.

Anyways, speaking of China, anyone seen HMBOB lately?

No.
Should I be worried? :unsure:

lol yes.  We understand you've been having cocktails with Mrs. Xilai.  STAY AWAY FROM THE SOLO CUPS USE BOTTLES
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: HisMajestyBOB on April 12, 2012, 09:44:28 AM
:lol:
Title: Re: Philippine navy in standoff with China ships
Post by: jimmy olsen on April 12, 2012, 05:25:28 PM
Quote from: HisMajestyBOB on April 12, 2012, 09:42:05 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on April 11, 2012, 11:05:20 PM
Women should have curves.

Anyways, speaking of China, anyone seen HMBOB lately?

No.
Should I be worried? :unsure:
Answer your fucking Facebook messages!