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China-Japan-Koreas
U.S. Navy will patrol near man-made islands in South China Sea
2015-10-03
Brief tease from this long article in Foreign Policy magazine. If you've been following the issue you know most of what is in the article already. If not it's a decent enough primer.
The United States is poised to send naval ships and aircraft to the South China Sea in a challenge to Beijing’s territorial claims to its rapidly-built artificial islands, U.S. officials told Foreign Policy.

The move toward a somewhat more muscular stance follows talks between Chinese President Xi Jinping and U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington last month, which fell far short of a breakthrough over how territorial disputes should be settled in the strategic South China Sea.

A final decision has not been made. But the Obama administration is heavily leaning toward using a show of military might after Chinese opposition ended diplomatic efforts to halt land reclamation and the construction of military outposts in the waterway. The timing and details of the patrols — which would be designed to uphold principles of freedom of navigation in international waters — are still being worked out, Obama administration and Pentagon officials said.

“It’s not a question of if, but when,” said a Defense Department official.
Posted by:Steve White

#3  Setup big pipe's that suck sand away from the toy islands.
Posted by: Sven the pelter   2015-10-03 16:12  

#2  Unless the Chinese object in tangible terms?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru   2015-10-03 03:28  

#1  Again, POTUS Obama has repor ordered the USN NOT to approach the 12-mile restriction around China's man-made sialnds in the SCS, + has formally turned PH President Aquino's request for US$300.0Milyuhn in vital MilAid for the PH Armed Forces, a move which many Perts argue has effectively guaranteed that the Manila will NOT be able to defend its interests in the SCS agz China.

IFF TRUE, CHINA W-I-L-L CONTROL THE SCS, NOT "MIGHT" CONTROL THE SCS.

NOT GOOD FOR GUAM-WESTPAC + USN PEARL HARBOR BB USS "OKLAHOMA".

NOT GOOD FOR THE 2015 US STATE OF OKLAHOMA EITHER VEE FRACKING-BLAMED LOCAL EARTHQUAKES = "FRACK-QUAKES".
Posted by: JosephMendiola   2015-10-03 00:50  

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