Happy Thanksgiving! Now, Shove Off! China Blocks USS Kitty Hawk Port Call
USS Kitty HawkA Reuters newswire article, via TVNZ.co.nz, reports that:
China has refused permission for a US aircraft carrier and accompanying vessels to visit Hong Kong for a long-planned Thanksgiving holiday visit, the US State Department said.More here.
The Kitty Hawk group and its crew of 8,000 US airmen and sailors had been expected in Hong Kong on Wednesday, but will now spend the holiday on the South China Sea.
Hundred of relatives of crew members of the USS Kitty Hawk had flown to Hong Kong to celebrate Thanksgiving with their loved ones. Hong Kong has been a regular port of call for US sailors on R & R (rest and recuperation) since the Vietnam War.
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posted by Fergie @ 11/21/2007 08:36:00 PM
2 Comments:
Keep buying Made in China you all.
but we bend over to welcome them...??? We never learn.
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