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Dir. of U.S. Navy Intelligence Sacked for Warning About China’s Aggressive Designs in East China Sea

By Eowyn @DrEowyn

Dir. of U.S. Navy Intelligence sacked for warning about China’s aggressive designs in East China SeaDr. Eowyn:

Obama’s purge of military officers continues. The latest: the director of the U.S. Navy Intelligence — because he actually told the truth about China.
See also:

“The real reason why Obama is purging military’s top command” http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/03/01/the-real-reason-why-obama-is-purging-militarys-top-command/
“70% of active military oppose ground troops in Iraq because they distrust their commander-in-chief” http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/10/02/70-of-active-military-oppose-ground-troops-in-iraq-because-they-distrust-their-commander-in-chief/
“U.S. military does not support Commander-In-Chief Barack Obama” http://fellowshipoftheminds.com/2014/09/20/u-s-military-does-not-support-commander-in-chief-barack-obama/

Dir. of U.S. Navy Intelligence sacked for warning about China’s aggressive designs in East China SeaOriginally posted on Consortium of Defense Analysts:

Capt. James FanellCapt. James Fanell

In February of this year, at the U.S. Naval Institute’s WEST 2014 conference, Capt. James Fanell, 52, the director of intelligence and information operations at U.S. Pacific Fleet, said that the Chinese Navy was practicing for a “short sharp war” against Japan.

According to Fanell, the PLA Navy had been carrying out amphibious assault drills to practice taking territory in the East China Sea, specifically the Senkaku or Diaoyu islands that are claimed by both Japan and China. Once the uninhabited islands come under Chinese control, the PLA could then attack Okinawa to remove the facilities of the US Air Force and Marine Corps from the island. (See my post “U.S. Navy intelligence chief: China training for a quick war against Japan”)

Fanell also stated that China is at the center of virtually every maritime territorial dispute in the Asia-Pacific and that the Chinese were engaging in…

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