Massive thanks to Alexander over at Naval History Twitter/Blog...
Ok. If this is true then its settled. Our guys in the State Dept are rookies and the Chinese and Russians played us like a fiddle. Check this out from Debka Files...
DEBKAfile September 6, 2013, 12:31 PM (GMT+02:00)Uh.
Western naval sources reported Friday that a Chinese landing craft, the Jinggangshan, with a 1,000-strong marine battalion had reached the Red Sea en route for the Mediterranean off Syria. According to DEBKAfile, Beijing has already deployed a number of warships opposite Syria in secret. If the latest report is confirmed, this will be the largest Chinese deployment in the Middle East in its naval history.
Wow.
If I didn't know better I'd think that they were preparing to block our strikes or inhibit our operations. They're drinking our milkshake.
