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Flare!

By Robert Farley

On December 16, 2016

At 1:42 pm

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USNS Bowditch at sea — USNS Bowditch. By http://www.msc.navy.mil/inventory/ships.asp?ship=17&type=OceanographicSurveyShip, Public Domain, Link

So this is happening:

Statement by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook on Incident in South China Sea pic.twitter.com/YFnfN2mO5u
— Jason Leopold (@JasonLeopold) December 16, 2016

While we don’t know much yet, I would be hesitant to ascribe this to a bureaucratic foul up. The PLAN has been relatively careful about these kinds of things over the past few years, and the timing (in the wake of Trump’s Taiwan call) suggests a escalatory intention.

And hey, Trump AIN’T EVEN PRESIDENT YET!