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Obama loosens sanctions on C-130s to China

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Mugshot**FILE** In this August 2, 2003 photo, a U.S. Coast Guard C-130 aircraft flies over the waters off the southwest coast of Eleuthera in the Bahamas. (Associated Press)
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John Tkacik, a former State Department China affairs specialist, said the C-130 waiver and China's response appeared linked to Mr. Gates' visit to the region.

"It sends the wrong message to the Southeast Asians, its send the wrong message to the Chinese," Mr. Tkacik said. "We should not be encouraging the Chinese to have long-range air-lift capabilities for their military."

China currently operates a fleet of similar Y-8 Shaanxi transports and is building a Y-9 transport that closely resembles the C-130.

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Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz

Bill Gertz is geopolitics editor and a national security and investigative reporter for The Washington Times. He has been with The Times since 1985.

He is the author of six books, four of them national best-sellers. His latest book, “The Failure Factory,” on government bureaucracy and national security, was published in September 2008.

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chiefgalles says:

50 minutes ago

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There are no countries who warrant our continued improvement in military equipment he said. There are no foreseeable enemies who could challenge us at sea, he said. It is too bad that we cannot discern just when we will get hit by either Iran or China and put all of the politicians who have destroyed our preeminence in space, air and sea aboard the whoops platform. You know, The one that gets blown away just before we say whoops, we might have reduced our forces too much. Gray is attempting to rival the Naval treaties of the 1930's, without getting any reductions of the enemy forces. (Enemy - any force that demonstrates hostility to U.S. positions or policies and is developing a stronger military at the same time.)

TxnByBrth says:

2 hours, 31 minutes ago

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This waiver is a continuation of the growing relationship between Chinese contributions to the Democratic Party's campaign funds (beginning with Al Gore) and as a continuation of their Quid Pro Quo. The current administration is merely carrying out the wishes and dictates of the Democratic National Committee's mandates/directives...quid pro quo.

rgbcwd says:

3 hours, 3 minutes ago

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This is the third time I've tried to post a comment on this story. For some reason my criticizam of Obama, Bill Clinton and China is not acceptable.

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