Wednesday, November 27, 2013

US flies bombers over disputed islands claimed by China | Fox News


 First of all, I believe that when China declared this zone, they knew out of all the nations in the world the United States is the one they would be dealing with the most, now I'm not saying that Japan is going to give in to China's demands because they won't and they haven't, but The United States has always been involved with disputes of this nature no matter what part of the globe a country declares as their own when, like China did here it expands into an area where 99% of the countries in the world agree is international waters or air space.
A good example goes to 1989 and the Gulf of Sidra incidents with Libya but you can actually go as far back to our countries independence when first England, France and Spain tried to declare certain areas in international and US territorial waters as their own, matter of fact if you look at the words of the US Marine Corps Hymn where it mentions the Shores of Tripoli resulted from the same type of confrontation with the government of Tripoli declaring an area as theirs and demanding the US pay to transit and trade in the area resulted  in The First Barbary War of 1801-1805.
Of course the difference today from the Gulf of Sidra incident the United States wanted to provoke Libya into military action, we don't want that from China but the United States will prove it's point and defend the right of passage with force if China reacts militarily, either toward our forces or allied forces. The danger I really see here is that China isn't only saying it wants military aircraft to follow their demands but also passenger planes, and as of today Japanese airlines who fly through this zone announced their intention of not following China's demands, this could lead to tragic circumstances even if it is just Chinese military aircraft intercepting civilian aircraft. So for now this is a dangerous situation that requires careful attention from everyone.
US flies bombers over disputed islands claimed by China | Fox News

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