A similar analogy would be for us to draw a line from the westernmost Aleutian island to Hawaii, then to Guam, then to California, and then declaring all the water in between to be "ours."
Anyone recall us MAKING Hawaii...?
I can’t see how the two are really the same.
A similar analogy would be for us to draw a line from the westernmost Aleutian island to Hawaii, then to Guam, then to California, and then declaring all the water in between to be "ours."
Anyone recall us MAKING Hawaii...? Well, yes, yes we did and in almost the same way the Chinese did. Tern Island, was formed out of blasted and dredged coral to form an aircraft carrier shaped island for WWII pilots to practice on. The Coast Guard used it for a LORAN station, and now the fish and feathers guys use it for something else.