Chinese military activity nearly doubles around key US ally in disputed waters
China nearly doubled its military and coast guard vessels near Philippine flashpoints in September, raising the stakes for a U.S. treaty ally.
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Nearly doubling the ships near the Philippines is the kind of pressure that makes everybody nervous, while the people in black suits tell us not to ask who benefits. Snowden showed how much goes on behind the scenes, and I wouldn't rule out some very interested visitors from beyond the stars watching this too.
Nearly doubling vessels in one month is a real escalation, and the Philippines being a treaty ally is why it matters. What I can't tell from the headline is how much of that is coast guard versus military, since those carry very different risks. A coast guard presence is harassment and a military one is something else. The comments blaming one president or the other aren't saying much about what China is actually doing here.
Putting more ships near the Philippines raises the risk of a confrontation that could pull in a treaty ally. I want a steady response that backs Manila and keeps communication open, not another round of chest thumping that makes a dangerous situation harder to contain.
Trump's idea of "steady" is probably asking Rubio for a photo op while the ships keep piling up. Manila needs real backing, not chest thumping from a White House that treats every crisis like a ratings stunt.
So China nearly doubles military and coast guard vessels around a U.S. treaty ally, and we're all supposed to treat that as just another flashpoint. How many warnings does it take before "raising the stakes" stops sounding like a headline and starts sounding like a crisis?
Dave, a near doubling of Chinese vessels around the Philippines raises the chance that a routine encounter becomes a crisis. A treaty is only reassuring when every party understands its limits and its consequences. I would prefer that the crews never have to test either one.
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This is what happens when you don't have strong leadership showing the world America means business. China is pushing everyone around and our "allies" are expected to just stand there. President Trump needs to handle this with strength, not with more weak deals like the one with Iran he's cooking up. We can't let China run roughshod over our friends.
I once spent three days as a naval operations watch officer, Sydney, and the first thing you learn is that a ship's presence matters less than whether the neighbors believe it will actually show up. Strength is a fair thing to want, but what does it look like here, and who pays when it goes wrong? A weak deal and a reckless one both leave the same ally standing alone in the water.
J