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rfranklin

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1. well, at least there weren't 24 Americans on board...

Reply to marmar (Original post)

Wed Dec 21, 2011, 04:44 PM

Dec 2011

A US EP-3 Aries II spy plane collides with a Chinese fighter jet over the South China Sea. The fighter crashes, killing the pilot; the EP-3 makes an emergency landing at a Chinese air base on China’s Hainan Island, a landing described as illegal by Chinese officials. 24 American crewmen—including three women and eight code-breakers—are taken into custody by the Chinese. The incident is the Bush administration’s first real foreign-policy crisis. [CNN, 4/2001; BBC, 4/5/2001]

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What a Busted Robot Airplane Tells Us About the American Empire in 2012 and Beyond [View all] marmar Dec 2011 OP

well, at least there weren't 24 Americans on board... rfranklin Dec 2011 #1

Drones and war prepperdad Dec 2011 #2

I wouldn't say that is a true statement. Dan Dec 2011 #3

I believe the days of war pillage are over Angry Dragon Dec 2011 #4

of course, that's the true return on the war investment. Dan Dec 2011 #5

Always money for the Empire sarcasmo Dec 2011 #6