Greg Hunter’s Weekly News Wrap-Up for May 13th, 2016
by Greg Hunter
USA Watchdog
There was a new missile defense system installed in Romania. The U.S. says it is to protect Europe from an attack from a “rouge state.” Russia says this new missile defense site is a “direct threat to global and regional security.” Russia also says this is a “destructive action.” One Russian commentator said the missile deployment “. . . might even accelerate the slippery slope to nuclear war in a crisis.”
Meanwhile, there is a new face-off in the South China Sea between China and the U.S. Navy. The U.S. says that China is making “excessive maritime claims” in important international waters used for massive amounts of shipping. China disagrees and says its island building is fine and says the presence of U.S. Navy ships threatens its sovereignty. It also says navigation is not being interfered with by China. The U.S. sent a guided missile destroyer within 12 nautical miles of China’s disputed man-made islands. China says the U.S. action was a “threat to peace.”