Buelldozer , 10 months ago

I didn’t say anything about “Constantly letting them grab whatever territory they want.” I said that we already directly interdict occasionally but it’s very confrontational and doing it too often starts a game of tit-for-tat that will become very difficult to stop.

It’s better to support the Philippines and others with material and technology and let THEM do it…which is primarily how the United States is handling the problem. We don’t need to rush in and flop our enormous Naval Cock on the table every time the Chinese Coast Guard does something stupid.

Empower the locals to handle the small stuff. It slows or prevents escalation and builds trust, trust we may really need if things go pear shaped.