No Blunt U.S. Intelligence Assessments On China Are Wanted Right Now

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX9qNaSHfI-pDSERfcl-BTcy7Y8af-ETtjMGEVae4TvM8iXrqkFwbQCAgydysvSTwyEXVaOyijmF7RgL1UIZhG52oR5R_YZ7mI-_Tc5ZdeJO-akOMT5INJk_bDc5Y0OVYR__HTaTm_cGB/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAX9qNaSHfI-pDSERfcl-BTcy7Y8af-ETtjMGEVae4TvM8iXrqkFwbQCAgydysvSTwyEXVaOyijmF7RgL1UIZhG52oR5R_YZ7mI-_Tc5ZdeJO-akOMT5INJk_bDc5Y0OVYR__HTaTm_cGB/s1600/2013-09-12-BZSSR.jpg" width="160" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>Photo:</b> U.S. Navy Capt. James Fanell, Director, Intelligence and Information Operations. U.S. Navy file photo</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><b>What Happens When A Navy Officer Gets Real On China? -- Stars And Stripes</b></span></div><br />The Navy’s Pacific Fleet chief of intelligence recently cemented his reputation for blunt assessments of China about as well as the Washington establishment cemented its reputation for sticking to China talking points.<br /><br />Capt. James Fanell made waves during his 2013 appearance at the U.S. Naval Institute’s West conference, during which he stated that the Chinese PLA Navy’s expansion was focused on sinking an opposing fleet and largely about countering the U.S. Navy.<br /><br />At this year’s USNI conference, Fanell’s assessment that China is gathering the capability to fight Japan made it to Fox News, The New York Times and several international news outlets.<br /><br /><b><a href="http://www.stripes.com/what-happens-when-a-navy-officer-gets-real-on-china-1.269604">Read more</a></b> ....<br /><br /><b>My Comment:</b> The Pentagon has always been an institution that was strongly influenced by politics .... but I have never seen it to be as politicized as it is today. This blunt and public assessment by an intelligence officer on China is just another example on what is not acceptable in the eyes of the Pentagon .... especially since the brass are either in China right now and/or are traveling there in the next week or two.

No Blunt U.S. Intelligence Assessments On China Are Wanted Right Now

Photo: U.S. Navy Capt. James Fanell, Director, Intelligence and Information Operations. U.S. Navy file photo What Happens When A Navy Offic...

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