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paleotn

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11. Wha??!!

Reply to Alexander Of Assyria (Reply #4)

Sun Oct 31, 2021, 11:27 AM

Oct 2021

With permission and / or in international airspace, yes, we can. And so can China and Russia, the UK, France, Denmark and......

Enforcing freedom of the sea, that benefits everyone, versus stealing a big chunk of the South China Sea and calling it "greater China" just because you can are not the same thing. They're not even close to the same thing. In fact, they're light years apart. Geezzz!

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