https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/top-marine-in-japan-if-tasked-we-could-retake-the-senkakus-from-china-share-your-comments <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WASHINGTON — If the Chinese invaded the Senkaku Islands, U.S. Marines in the Pacific could recapture them, the commander of Marines in Japan said Friday.<p class="TX Body"><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/china-continues-to-press-territorial-claims-in-east-and-south-china-seas-1.262840">The Senkakus</a> have been administered by Japan for decades, but China now claims sovereignty over them. Amid other heated territorial disputes with its neighbors, China has deployed naval assets near the Senkakus in recent months.</p><p class="TX Body"> </p><p class="TX Body">Share your comments!</p><div class="pta-link-card"><br /><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/%20%5Blogin%20to%20see%5D%20233375!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/image.jpg"></div><br /><div class="pta-link-card-content"><br /><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/top-marine-in-japan-if-tasked-we-could-retake-the-senkakus-from-china-1.277555" target="_blank">Top Marine in Japan: If tasked, we could retake the Senkakus from China</a></div><br /><div class="pta-link-card-description">If the Chinese invaded the Senkaku Islands, U.S. Marines in the Pacific could recapture them, the commander of Marines in Japan said Friday.</div><br /></div><br /><div style="clear:both;"></div><br /><div class="pta-box-hide"></div><br /></div> Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:49:24 -0400 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/top-marine-in-japan-if-tasked-we-could-retake-the-senkakus-from-china-share-your-comments <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>WASHINGTON — If the Chinese invaded the Senkaku Islands, U.S. Marines in the Pacific could recapture them, the commander of Marines in Japan said Friday.<p class="TX Body"><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/pacific/china-continues-to-press-territorial-claims-in-east-and-south-china-seas-1.262840">The Senkakus</a> have been administered by Japan for decades, but China now claims sovereignty over them. Amid other heated territorial disputes with its neighbors, China has deployed naval assets near the Senkakus in recent months.</p><p class="TX Body"> </p><p class="TX Body">Share your comments!</p><div class="pta-link-card"><br /><div class="pta-link-card-picture"><img src="http://www.stripes.com/polopoly_fs/%20%5Blogin%20to%20see%5D%20233375!/image/image.jpg_gen/derivatives/landscape_490/image.jpg"></div><br /><div class="pta-link-card-content"><br /><div class="pta-link-card-title"><a href="http://www.stripes.com/news/top-marine-in-japan-if-tasked-we-could-retake-the-senkakus-from-china-1.277555" target="_blank">Top Marine in Japan: If tasked, we could retake the Senkakus from China</a></div><br /><div class="pta-link-card-description">If the Chinese invaded the Senkaku Islands, U.S. Marines in the Pacific could recapture them, the commander of Marines in Japan said Friday.</div><br /></div><br /><div style="clear:both;"></div><br /><div class="pta-box-hide"></div><br /></div> CW2 Private RallyPoint Member Sat, 12 Apr 2014 05:49:24 -0400 2014-04-12T05:49:24-04:00 https://www.rallypoint.com/answers/top-marine-in-japan-if-tasked-we-could-retake-the-senkakus-from-china-share-your-comments?n=99947&urlhash=99947 <div class="images-v2-count-0"></div>We may have the capability to retake the Senkakus, but do we want to go to war with China?  No.  Do they know that?  Yes.  They are flexing their muscles because Russia just showed the world that it could annex another country (Or part thereof) and get away with it.  China knows we aren't go to war with them so they are looking to do the same... though, they would be inviting much more trouble that Russia.  With China's growing trade, they would suffer considerably from sanctions, much more so than Russia. CW2 Jonathan Kantor Sat, 12 Apr 2014 07:44:31 -0400 2014-04-12T07:44:31-04:00 2014-04-12T05:49:24-04:00