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\nChief of Naval Operations Gilday<\/p>\n
\nChief of Naval Operations Gilday<\/p>\n
Speaking less than a week after an \u201cunsafe maritime interaction\u201d with China in the Taiwan Strait, Adm. Mike Gilday said the U.S. wants \u201cthings to remain stable and predictable.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n Caitlin Kenny<\/p>\n The U.S. Navy must stay forward and \u201cin the way\u201d to deter nations that challenge international rules, the chief of naval operations said Wednesday, days after a Chinese ship crossed dangerously close to American and Canadian navy ships in the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n \u201cWe can’t just be milling about. It has to be purposeful, and it has to be non-provocative,\u201d Adm. Mike Gilday said at a Brookings Institution event.<\/p>\n On Saturday, the destroyer USS Chung-Hoon and the Canadian frigate HMCS Montreal were traveling through the Taiwan Strait, \u201cwhere high seas freedoms of navigation and overflight apply,\u201d when a Chinese navy destroyer twice cut across the bow of the Chung-Hoon, according to a press release by U.S. Indo-Pacific Command.<\/p>\n The Chung-Hoon had to slow down to avoid hitting the Chinese destroyer, which at one point was just 150 yards away, according to the release.<\/p>\n \u201cWe are operating in accordance with international law, under, on, and above the sea so that others can too. And so we’re trying to operate very responsibly,\u201d Gilday said Wednesday. \u201cWe are not looking to be provocative.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n Defense One<\/a><\/p>\n I feel ill, but this does help explain all the recent churn at Big Navy. Gilday is a White House sycophant and a staunch defender of woke literature right up until he was called out by congress critters. The titles on his CNO Reading List included Ibram X. Kendi\u2019s \u201cHow to Be an Antiracist,\u201d Michelle Alexander\u2019s \u201cThe New Jim Crow,\u2019 and Jason Pierceon\u2019s \u201cSexual Minorities and Politics.\u201d<\/p>\n Gilday said that Kendi\u2019s opus was included because \u201cit evokes the author\u2019s own personal journal in understanding barriers to true inclusion, the deep nuances of racism and racial inequalities.\u201d<\/p>\n The list has since been updated and the offending titles replaced. But then there’s the mysterious and still unexplained disappearance of Gay Pride Month celebratory messages from Navy social media. Who made that call? Certainly not Admiral Milquetoast.<\/p>\n