[mattis101]

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So basically the South China Sea is a key route for US logistics, that's why they want to [/url]defend it?

[mikema63]

We also have important relationships with other countries like Japan that want our support on the issue and we have to balance those alliances with our relationship to China.

[MistyTiger]

The US wants to use the route and the islands, but I do not see that the US can lay claim to either one. Who owns the islands anyway?

[Zagadka]

If things for some reason escalate with North Korea, there will probably be a lot of countries trying to screw others out of the smaller possessions in the name of defense and then not leaving.

[Patrickov]

By the same logic, China also sees the sea as a key to her logistics and more so, strategic position.

This will inevitably lead to war. If the US wants to win, they should rally the dissidents and the people who believe they are being bullied by China (or more accurately, Northern Chinese).

[Igor Antunov]

More empty rhetoric.

In this context, unless it's an executive order or physical action, it ain't news.