Well they mobilized their nuclear forces and defences and enacted a blockade of the entire island until the threat was withdrawn, ready to launch air strikes an

Well they mobilized their nuclear forces and defences and enacted a blockade of the entire island until the threat was withdrawn, ready to launch air strikes and and/or an invasion if it did not. I hardly think this bolsters the case that they would react in a tolerant, passive manner to, say, China preparing to set up airforce bases along the southern border after currying favour with the Mexican president.