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Re: Beijing warns US: 'We will fight back' as battle of words escalates over South Ch
We aren't that naive. We've done that very thing ourselves, as has virtually any other nation of mention at one time or another. As I've said earlier, the legitimacy of the various claims should be weighed in an impartial international forum. Now, if you claim that such a forum doesn't exist I won't argue that, but there is one who's expressed purpose is just that. Beyond that, we are wise to keep an eye on things there, and if that means overflights in international air space, we should do that.
Those treaty obligations aren't open on both ends. The Philippines for example can't reach out and poke a stick at China expecting the US to be there when China snaps back. Well, they can, and the US likely would be there, but that's not the intent or literal purpose of such agreements. Furthermore, such agreements exist to give countries the "cover" of legitimacy to militarily operations in places they want to be but otherwise couldn't defend the right to be.
We aren't that naive. We've done that very thing ourselves, as has virtually any other nation of mention at one time or another. As I've said earlier, the legitimacy of the various claims should be weighed in an impartial international forum. Now, if you claim that such a forum doesn't exist I won't argue that, but there is one who's expressed purpose is just that. Beyond that, we are wise to keep an eye on things there, and if that means overflights in international air space, we should do that.