DC Tom Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 Maybe it was an "alternate fact" whatever happened to that all-important media watch ? Just did some digging in to the story. Apparently, the did redeploy the Vinson BG to the South China Sea, but most of the media reported that as if it were magically transported from Western Australia to Korea overnight. And now the media's blaming the Navy for telling them the Carl Vinson was off the Korean Peninsula, while the Navy is responding "We never said that." It's a true cluster!@#$ of stupid reporting. As near as I can tell, it's a combination of the media misunderstanding what the Navy said and Tillerson shooting his mouth off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 No, they actually never said anything about it. Seems like it was fake news. Fake news from the President. Trump's armada, lol. Ya, blame the media/Democrats Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 18, 2017 Share Posted April 18, 2017 [For those of you with gatorman on ignore, ridiculous verbiage removed courtesy of DC Tom-bot, beta version 0.9. You're welcome.] [This is an automated response.] You're an idiot. Created by DC Tom-bot, beta version 0.9. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 The press secretary, secretary of defense and national security advisor all said the carrier strike group was heading to NK Morons? WTF? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 SEOUL, South Korea When news broke less than two weeks ago that the Trump administration was sending the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson to the Korean Peninsula, many South Koreans feared a possible war with North Korea. Others cheered for Washington, calling the deployment a powerful symbol of its commitment to deterring the North. On Wednesday, after it was revealed that the carrier strike group was actually thousands of miles away and had been heading in the opposite direction, toward the Indian Ocean, South Koreans felt bewildered, cheated and manipulated by the United States, their countrys most important ally. Trumps lie over the Carl Vinson, read a headline on the website of the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday. Xi Jinping and Putin must have had a good jeer over this one. Like North Korea, which is often accused of displaying fake missiles during military parades, is the United States, too, now employing bluffing as its North Korea policy? the article asked. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-south-korea.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Just unbelievable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
row_33 Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 One can never truly predict or understand what the Chinese government has on their mind for action.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 SEOUL, South Korea When news broke less than two weeks ago that the Trump administration was sending the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson to the Korean Peninsula, many South Koreans feared a possible war with North Korea. Others cheered for Washington, calling the deployment a powerful symbol of its commitment to deterring the North. On Wednesday, after it was revealed that the carrier strike group was actually thousands of miles away and had been heading in the opposite direction, toward the Indian Ocean, South Koreans felt bewildered, cheated and manipulated by the United States, their countrys most important ally. Trumps lie over the Carl Vinson, read a headline on the website of the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday. Xi Jinping and Putin must have had a good jeer over this one. Like North Korea, which is often accused of displaying fake missiles during military parades, is the United States, too, now employing bluffing as its North Korea policy? the article asked. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-south-korea.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Just unbelievable. It's cute, how the Times has a story about Trump lying a week ago when he said we were redeploying the carrier, but doesn't have a story from a week ago about Trump redeploying the carrier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted April 19, 2017 Share Posted April 19, 2017 SEOUL, South Korea When news broke less than two weeks ago that the Trump administration was sending the aircraft carrier Carl Vinson to the Korean Peninsula, many South Koreans feared a possible war with North Korea. Others cheered for Washington, calling the deployment a powerful symbol of its commitment to deterring the North. On Wednesday, after it was revealed that the carrier strike group was actually thousands of miles away and had been heading in the opposite direction, toward the Indian Ocean, South Koreans felt bewildered, cheated and manipulated by the United States, their countrys most important ally. Trumps lie over the Carl Vinson, read a headline on the website of the newspaper JoongAng Ilbo on Wednesday. Xi Jinping and Putin must have had a good jeer over this one. Like North Korea, which is often accused of displaying fake missiles during military parades, is the United States, too, now employing bluffing as its North Korea policy? the article asked. https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/19/world/asia/aircraft-carrier-south-korea.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=first-column-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news&_r=0 Just unbelievable. How do you know it's not already there? It's well known that the Carl Vinson and its entourage are stealth capable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meazza Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 How do you know it's not already there? It's well known that the Carl Vinson and its entourage are stealth capable. I know Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I know I figured you would be up to date on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I figured you would be up to date on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grinreaper Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I hope the navy gets even more stealthy. Can you imagine pirates attacking a freighter and all of a sudden a warship appears beside them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiberius Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I hope the navy gets even more stealthy. Can you imagine pirates attacking a freighter and all of a sudden a warship appears beside them? That sort of happened already with the navy seals shooting pirates while floating in the water talking to Obama in the WH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 I hope the navy gets even more stealthy. Can you imagine pirates attacking a freighter and all of a sudden a warship appears beside them? The Carl Vinson's tour has been extended another month, to keep it not in the South China Sea... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beef Jerky Posted April 21, 2017 Share Posted April 21, 2017 That sort of happened already with the navy seals shooting pirates while floating in the water talking to Obama in the WH. Yea that movie with Tom Hanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Yea that movie with Tom Hanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC Tom Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 "My name's Gator. Gator man." "Life is obfuscated with a box of chocolates..." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deranged Rhino Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
/dev/null Posted April 22, 2017 Share Posted April 22, 2017 (edited) That sort of happened already with the navy seals shooting pirates while floating in the water talking to Obama in the WH. Yea that movie with Tom Hanks. The only modern military friendly work that I recall Tom Hanks doing was that show where he dressed up like a woman to qualify for public housing denied by greedy capitalists Edited April 22, 2017 by /dev/null Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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