Saturday, June 18, 2011

My Way News - Philippines to China: Don't intrude into our water
My Way News reports: "President Benigno Aquino III insisted Friday that his country won't be bullied by China in a territorial spat over the Spratly Islands and that Beijing should stop intruding into waters claimed by Manila."

Comment: While it's hard to imagine a shooting war break out over this, we should remember that real resources as well as national pride are at stake and I suspect that China's modernizing military is just itching to teach some smaller countries a lesson about who's boss in Asia. And with rumors that China now has (or will soon have) a carrier-killer missile, they are not so worried about the presence of the U.S. Navy in the Pacific. I'm starting to believe that a military skirmish in the Pacific is not a matter of if but when.

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