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WTF is happening with everyone's posts recently. Why are there so many blank posts?

IT Guru's have a look please!

IT Guru's have a look please!



Is that not an oxymoron, Trehorn?

Not an oxymoron but there is a moronic, redundant apostrophe therein, twice.

The problem will be addressed when the COs become aware of it. It is surmountable on a post by post basis without executive intervention by using existing forum functionality. Stand fast whale omelettes.

Originally Posted by Seadog

Not an oxymoron but there is a moronic, redundant apostrophe therein, twice.

You could have just said aberrant

Originally Posted by Seadog

Not an oxymoron but there is a moronic, redundant apostrophe therein, twice.

The problem will be addressed when the COs become aware of it. It is surmountable on a post by post basis without executive intervention by using existing forum functionality. Stand fast whale omelettes.

Why would the COs would be interested in sorting out redundant apostrophes?

I take it the original post is going on about the USN policy shift away from the North atlantic and on to the Pacific?

If so good topic. The Ozzies are going to be expanding their naval base at Darwin and some of Uncle Sams Misguided Children are moving in. Closer to home the NZ "NO" to nukes message which has soured relationships with the Yanks for quite a few years now I think will be tested. It has basically meant a cooling in relationships and a lack of US Naval power visiting. Down here the US/NZ troops have just resumed joint training exersises so I'd imagine a "Dont ask/dont tell" policy will evolve over the USN and its ships, obviously the known Nuke powered ones will be a No No.
What will be interesting is when the lend/lease agreements end on some of the Pacific atolls and lesser Islands and the Yanks are left with the option of paying rent or shifting.

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This is just the USN desperately trying to find a reason for tax dollars to be spent on it.

They seem to think that "freedom of the seas" only applies to the US navy and that should the Chinese dare to send a frigate to Africa this is some sort of threat to world peace.

I DO acknowledge that China is a threat to Taiwan (which is only a separate country because the US backed its then military dictator) but other than that China is not showing any signs of international sabre-ratling. Their naval forces are, so-far, essentially a coast defence force with pretensions to a REGIONAL force.

Somehow the US consistently "forgets" that Chinese spending (like national product) should NOT be looked at as a single figure, but more on a "per capita" basis. The US somehow think that a country with something like 4+ times the population, but the same national product (but much smaller defence budget) is somehow a threat (and that is ignoring all the infrastructure and social disparities that need addresssing !).

As long as US strategic "thinking" (it hardly merits the word) is so self-serving instead of honest then the US forces will be un-necessarily bloated and wrongly focussed.

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"China is not showing any signs of international sabre-ratling" ... yet.

Just like China wasn't a threat to the West's manufacturing industry ...
As fossil fuels start to dwindle in 30 or so years time, all the friendships that China has bought in Africa will be called into play ... and you'll need to protect that oil on its way to China.