If I were China I would be very careful screwing around with India.
East Sea ping....
I read somewhere that the indian armed forces were hesitant to cozy up with the u s. I wonder if that’s going to change?
Didn’t hear about India withdrawing from the oil exploration project from Vietnam. This very likely send the wrong signals to the Chi-coms. If they see any perceived weakness, the bullies and tyrants are likely to try and take advantage of it.
The unarticulated major theme of this entire article is that Bush/Obama has each in his own way conspired to grant China naval hegemony over the vast stretch of ocean that starts north of Japan and ends south of Australia. With Bush, it began with his blinking at the forcing down of a P-3 early on in his Presidency, and with Obama, it is his heartfelt aim to bring the US down a peg or two. This is maritime territory we mastered at the cost of much blood and treasure during WWII, and these two clowns just give it away — for free! Great work, both of you, globalist asshats! (And, as for our military “leaders?” What leaders (above the rank of O-6, that is?) Oh, and where is Congress on all this? Keystone coppery on all fronts.
If all the countries of southeast asia plus japan and korea sailed their war ships along the same route as the the Indians — they would do some good.