This won't happen if they want to have a 'friendlier' ...next President.
They won’t care. They will ignore it
Enter Duterte.
That's that then.
The Hague has no authority.
As if China is in any mood to abide by some old Euro colonial masters who tell them where China’s territory is or isn’t.
Good
America now must make clear we will stand up to any Chinese aggression against the Philippians or any other our allies.
The ruling is the death knell of the court
having no means to enforce the judgement, the court is shown to be a farce
China will just ignore this. Like their pets, the Clintons, laws are for little peoples.
Let the fun begin.
Uh oh.
Why doesn’t the US just provide technical know-how and support and equipment to the countries disputing China’s claim so that they can do the same thing China is doing and built their own island up and militarize them?
Match China move for move and tit for tat.
Then China will be in the same position of whether or not to try and attack a fortified island.
In the aftermath of the lawless, 3rd-world, banana republic
ruling in Hillary’s email matter, this US administration has NO moral authority telling China (or any other country) what to do.
“Now let him enforce it.”
But while the decision is legally binding, there is no mechanism for enforcing it, and China, which refused to participate in the tribunal’s proceedings, reiterated on Tuesday that it would not abide by it. “The award is invalid and has no binding force,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement. “China does not accept or recognize it.”This makes more sense. I couldn't believe China ever agreed to this and it turns out they didn't.
I do, though, think other's comments that China signed on to recognize this authority is the problem.
My opinion is that the Court is clearly correct in that China does not own the entire South China Sea.
But I certainly do not recognize that court's authority.