[Vince Ferrer]

And by treaty we will get dragged into this thing. Has Obama done anything to defuse this?

[Dr. Bogus Pachysandra]

That’s probably why the Chinese shot that missile off the West Coast. To tell Obozo to butt out, or else!

[omega4179]

He is leading from behind like in Mali and Algeria.

[hinckley buzzard]

Obama has no interest in contesting Chinese hegemony in the Pacific. No matter. The Japanese will handle this themselves. In China, as with many other corrupt autocracies, talk is cheap.