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Originally Posted by The Chap
China. By degrees. The Malays and Indonesians have too many Islamic issues for the US to allow them territorial rights under law.
Stategically this would also keep Chinese tentacles out of Africa and the Middle East. With a local peterochemical resovior logistically and politically fragile sea routes are eliminated from Beijings "to-do" list  |
There is no way Uncle Sam is going to allow China to dominate the region. Malaysia and Indonesia have been key American allies for decades. To allow China to claim the South China Sea as its private lake is just not on the agenda.