“Stopping Chinese imperialism before they lay claim to Guam, Hawaii, or San Francisco is an American interest”
Give me a call when they are planning to invade ANY US territory. Thats just silly. As for a base here, when you sell and trade with someone, they are here in a port. But that was not a forcible entry. And if you murder someone in the COSCO terminal, you’ll be tried in California or in some cases Federal court.
It is not Chinese national territory.
I hope you have a better argument then that. That we need to go to war in the Spratley islands, to foil China’s plan to invade Hawaii, Guam, and San Francisco. LOL
China has made clear that they want the USA out of the Pacific and where have we heard that before? Oh, right, from Japan.
My point is why do we need to wait for China to attack Pearl Harbor and other American properties in the Pacific before we stand up to them?