All the US is doing is showing China that they don't own the South China Sea. Sorry China, you might be able to bully Vietnam & the Philipines but it's not going to work against the US. You can talk tough all you want, but we all know the South China Sea is international waters and the USA won't let you steal it.
Last edited by Open Casket; 30-10-2015 at 09:55 PM.
Not really. How do you explain the building of artificial islands in the middle of the South China Sea. What do you think China thought the reaction would be? They must have thought it through, there must be an end plan.
(1) no one will notice the building of artificial islands and military bases. Zero chance
(2) we will build them and no one will care. Zero chance
(3) they will care but do nothing. Little chance
(4) they will do something but nothing serious. Probable
(5) they will do something serious and we give way. Little chance
(6) they will do something serious and we respond. War. Little but growing chance.
I can't think of any other options and China must have thought of these before going ahead. Unless they were prepared to accept war as an outcome they would not have gone ahead.
Wait a minute. Are we still talking about mainlanders? Cut the line, piss and poo wherever they like, feed zoo animals even though the signs says: Don't feed the animals!, I wanted these in black, why did u manufactured it in blue Chinese people?
I seriously don't think Chinese people that dumb can think of a plan so sophisticated.
With all that China has been doing recently, it all shows that they would rather buy out the competition then to fight it. You have any idea how much effort it took to create the AIIB? They are surely not going to throw that away because of the idea of total domination through warfare...
im sorry Hull, that is just too silly.
Tiny. Can you imagine, seriously imagine, the USA going to war in this region again? I wish it wasn't true, but China has got the whole world by the balls. We (the west) are like the dirtiest junkies when it comes to China...piling on debt to get our precious cheap consumer goods. Give the kids a choice between affordable smartphones and giving a shit who owns some water in Asia...we care because we live in the region, nobody else gives a shit.