[OldGoatCPO]

Chinese want the Spratly Islands they do not want the Philippines. I say we never go back move our forces else where or leave Asia entirely. At any given time the Filipinos, Koreans, or Japanese hate us, protest against us so let us go home and leave them to their own devices. Stop foreign aid and wash our hand's of Teddy Roosevelt's grand Asian plan.

[lentulusgracchus]

Chinese want the Spratly Islands they do not want the Philippines.

Are you kidding? They want the planet.

I say we never go back move our forces else where or leave Asia entirely.

If we do that, we'll be saying hello to them in mid-Pacific. You did hear, didn't you, that they've generously offered to let us stay in the central Pacific? Convenient for us, since we own Guam, Midway, and Wake, not to mention Samoa.

This is a replay of Japan 1920 all over again. It's just a matter of time until we square off. And I'd point out again that the Mahan Doctrine states that we do not engage adversaries, or allow them to engage us, close to U.S. shores or on U.S. territory.

That's why we have the Marine Corps, riding the long arm of the Fleet to make the safety of the American People a law unto our enemies. No negotiation, no screwing around. That's how it is. Which brings up immediately how soon we'll be kicking China's ass out of the Panama Canal Zone.