You don't believe that ship will be moved one way or another?
The Pinoy president and his SCS cronies are dumb, what else is new?
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The Pinoy president and his SCS cronies are dumb, what else is new?
I think the ship will move under its own power. Because it's not grounded. Because that would be very stupid.
And this is not "politically convenient" dumb, this is "drinking seawater" dumb. They can do the exact same thing in a far better way with no extra effort. There's literally no reason to do it, which is why it's not plausible in any way.
Due to Chinese coercion, the SCSPI tweet is meant to setup the coercion.
Never underestimate the power of stupidity.
The coercion is beside the point. The point I made was that the ship is capable of moving under its own power, which is to say, not grounded (or at least not grounded seriously enough to require tugs and so forth).
There's understandable stupidity and then there's drinking seawater. And not because you're desperately out of freshwater (or old ships, in this case), but just because.
Philippines attempts to ‘ground’ vessels at Xianbin Jiao in South China Sea: source
菲律宾“担忧”中国海警新规，外交部：没有不法行动就没必要担忧
Remember China's new maritime rules which allows the CCG to detain foreigners? It's starting on June 1st.
Your opinion on the state of the ship is irrelevant. China has basically deemed it a grounding and claims it will become a military outpost. The fact that China finally announced the news of the grounding after 45 days is already a signal.
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It makes sense as a semi-permanent military outpost, but the difference between a "quasi-military grounding" that's still floating and an actual stuck-in-the-sand grounding is significant. One is a political reality and the other is a physical reality. One can move under its own power but chooses not to, the other literally can't.
Which is what I was talking about before. You don't physically ground new ships, because that would be really stupid. Anchoring new ships in a politically sensitive spot achieves similar results, and that's what they've done here. A "grounding" is not a grounding, even if the political intentions are the same. My opinion matches what happened in reality.
Pinoy cucks gets called out about the grounded ships at IISS Shangri-La Dialogue.
Philippine Commander-in-Chief:
Philippine Chief of Staff:
It's June 1st now, China's new maritime regulations has come in effect.
Philippine Commander-in-Chief:
Philippine Chief of Staff:
It's June 1st now, China's new maritime regulations has come in effect.
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I checked, and I saw that it is June 15th. Do you have the direct link to the announcement?
Sorry, my bad I got confused it is June 15th. The Philippine media and gov seem very concerned about it, we'll find out in 15 days.
Who is 'illegal, coercive, aggressive, deceptive' in the South China Sea?
Let's see if daddy America will protect Philippine coast guard this time.
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