well and hope all is good with you and natives
had the most # of people out on the corner we go to waving POTUS flags today-75. Almost 20 moar than previous top amount-they are slowly getting it here….slowly
kek
09-0017 USAF C-32A departed JBA north with a trace over central and eastern Pennsylvania and back to JBA with
German AF GAF841 Airbus 319 inbound from Koln for a visit and on final for Dulles Airport (this AC is used by the Foreign Ministry Office)
funny you mention that
BLM surrogates were only present one week-when it all first started
Mom and dad must have put them on restriction
>troubled youngsters
at times! just ask the spouse
not so young any longer though, but not an old fart either.
Perfect age for all this imo-golden bday last year.
when you start out analog and transition to digital it's pretty powerful for your overall perspective imo.
agree boatfag.
It's fun too!
China shoots across US bow with South China Sea drills
The Chinese military began live-fire drills in the South China Sea on Saturday in a challenge to U.S. freedom of navigation operations there, as the two powers trade shows of military and diplomatic force.
The drills, which will run through Aug. 2, are taking place off the Leizhou Peninsula in southern China, in the northwestern part of the South China Sea, according to the People's Liberation Army. This is not far from Vietnam, which is locked in a territorial dispute with Beijing over the Spratly Islands. China has warned civilian vessels not to enter the area. The exercises are the latest move in a sharp rise in tensions between China and the U.S. in recent weeks over the South China Sea, the vast majority of which is claimed by Beijing under its "nine-dash line." U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo asserted this month that China's claims are "completely unlawful," and two American aircraft carriers conducted exercises in the area in early July. Meanwhile, Chinese media have closely followed U.S. military activity in the region. The Chinese Communist Party-run Global Times reported Wednesday that a U.S. P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft had flown over the South China Sea, over waters south of Taiwan. China Central Television noted the following day that American reconnaissance operations and military drills in the area have "visibly increased." The heavy coverage seems intended to promote a sense of national unity. Chinese netizens have posted comments praising the Communist Party's leadership and criticizing the U.S., even calling for American military aircraft to be shot down.
Clashes in the diplomatic arena have been escalating as well. Pompeo on Thursday called Chinese President Xi Jinping a "true believer in a bankrupt totalitarian ideology," days after Washington ordered the closure of the Chinese Consulate in Houston. Beijing on Friday announced it had revoked authorization for the American Consulate in Chengdu. Australia, formerly neutral on the South China Sea issue, is now siding with Washington in taking a harder line toward China. Canberra sent a letter dated Thursday to United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres stating that it "rejects any claims by China" that are not based on international maritime law. The letter objected to Beijing's refusal to abide by a 2016 arbitration tribunal ruling that found these claims to be invalid.
Cooperation on dealing with China is likely to be high on the agenda at a two-day "two plus two" meeting of Australian and American foreign and defense officials starting Monday in Washington.
https://asia.nikkei.com/Politics/International-relations/South-China-Sea/China-shoots-across-US-bow-with-South-China-Sea-drills
>>10084986 RAAF ASY325 Airbus KC-30A ne from Honolulu Int'l heading for Washington DC and "two plus two" meeting of Australian and American foreign and defense officials starting Monday in Washington.
Op Ed
Shared courage against China: Why Australia deserves a second state visit
Recognizing Australia's extraordinary commitment to the U.S.-led liberal international order, President Trump should invite Prime Minister Scott Morrison on a second state visit.
That invitation would be a great honor. After all, Australia received a state visit less than one year ago, in September 2019. State visits are normally years apart. Still, a second state visit in such short order would send two important messages to the world. First, that the Trump administration recognizes those allies who make hard choices in order to stand with the United States. Second, that the U.S. will consolidate allies against external pressure. Both points take on special significance in the context of what Australia is now doing.
Because Australia isn't simply standing with America, it is standing up against an increasingly aggressive China.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/australia-deserves-a-second-state-visit
F35LTNG heading on-shore at just about 600kts