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It has escalated in the past few years but they've been preparing for decades. Last month, Chinese warships were spotted [1] near Alaska. I find it strange that
by president 5y ago
It has escalated in the past few years but they've been preparing for decades. Last month, Chinese warships were spotted [1] near Alaska. I find it strange that these acts of aggression are not known by your average American citizen.
[1] https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3148725/us-coast-guard-spots-chinese-warships-alaska https://www.scmp.com/news/china/military/article/3148725/us-...
- pphysch 5y agoUntil the Chinese have carriers perpetually parked in the Gulf of Mexico, they haven't even begun to reciprocate Washington's naval aggression in the South China Sea.
- mensetmanusman 5y agoA better analogy would be closer to California, because the US is protecting trade routes.
- pphysch 5y agoProtecting trade routes from whom? Itself? https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/us-seeks-seizure-iranian-oil-aboard-tanker https://www.voanews.com/extremism-watch/us-seeks-seizure-ira...
- finiteseries 5y agoCalifornia is an import-consumer-product route for the US. SCS is an export-everything/import-food-energy-also-basically-everything route for China. Gulf of Mexico + Caribbean would be a far closer comparison with whatever non North American US exports that exist going out through there, and eg Cuba, Venezuela & all the other nations vs California’s fish.
- dillondoyle 5y agoI don't think following maritime law is aggression. From my understanding, CCPs claims to islands and waters become legitimate if we cede the ground under maritime law.
- justicezyx 5y agoNo, the parent post is talking about the distance to the main land...
- dillondoyle 5y agoMaybe I'm not understanding? But my point is in both cases - unless there is really huge news I missed - both China and the US did not enter actual territorial waters with military vessels. The US transits the strait so China's large claims don't have legitimacy. It'd be like the us claiming any ships sailing around cuba are in our waters.
- justicezyx 5y agoIf all other countries park their military weaponry at the same distance as US weaponry to their own home land, the US border will be packed with all sorts of killing machines from a lot of countries. That's the point. As for how long is the actual distance, well, that doesn't matter much.
- finiteseries 5y agoIt will never cease to amaze me how often we forget the absurd balance of power involved here. There is an island across a tiny strait away from China’s mainland that literally claims… the mainland. It has existed for 80 years. It’s now kinda sorta being dealt with as a power would, but even that’s questionable, and even that strait is not even important to the region. This entire struggle is happening while Malacca is just sitting right there in the US’s Infinity Gauntlet with the Hormuz, Suez, Panama etc. Wild.