Should we go head to head with China in the South China Sea?
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/05/13/philippines-seeks-more-us-help-to-stop-chinese-land-reclamation-in-south-china/
- The reason for the above is that our friends do not have confidence that we have their backs and our enemies know that we either will not respond or will only respond with words to their challenge.
- The proper response is not complicated. It is basic "school yard bully" response tactics.
- With all above written, the proper response to China in the South China Sea is NOT to skip strategic escalation procedures and use only a military response. The proper response is to use our doctrine (shape, deter, defeat), leverage the whole of government (DIME), and help our friends in the region to help themselves.
Still, If we were to boycott Chinese products in American stores (which will never happen because we are all lazy, greedy corporate pawns), we would directly shut down nearly $400 billion of their GDP. This would have a cumulative effect on both American and Chinese economies through national reinvestment giving America a net gain close to $2 trillion GDP relative to China.
The essence is, we've been financing this threat to American dominance through our trade deficit with China. The squandering of America's resources hasn't exactly helped either.
“This gets out of hand, we're gonna be caught in the biggest naval battle since the Jutland. Jesus!”
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2015/09/23/chinese-fighter-jet-makes-unsafe-intercept-american-plane-over-yellow-sea/?intcmp=hpbt2
Chinese fighter jet makes unsafe intercept of Air Force plane over Yellow Sea, Pentagon says
The Pentagon said Tuesday that it was reviewing what it called an unsafe intercept of an Air Force reconnaissance plane by at least one Chinese jet over the Yellow Sea last week.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joseph-nye/us-china-south-china-sea_b_7503966.html
Is U.S.-China Conflict Imminent in the South China Sea?
OXFORD, England -- China seems to be trying to "create facts on the ground" -- what Admiral Harry Harris, the US commander in the Pacific, calls a new "great wall of sand." The U.S. response is designed to prevent China from creating a fait accompli that could close off large parts of the South China Sea. Nevertheless, the original policy of not becoming embroiled in the sovereignty dispute continues to make sense.
http://www.defenseone.com/threats/2015/05/china-warns-inevitable-war-us-over-south-china-sea/113680/
China Warns of 'Inevitable' War with US Over South China Sea
China’s State Council just announced a new 'active defense' military strategy in a white paper criticizing 'external countries…meddling in South China Sea affairs.'
China has no respect for the international 12 mile limit on territory. I don't know what kind of measuring system China is using but it must be magical because there is no way that even an uneducated person can say that the Spratly Islands are within 12 miles of China. Those islands have been hotly contested by the Philippines and Malaysia for years not because of resources, oil, natural gas, and some others. How can China honestly say that its their territory when they never had any legal claim to it.