Posted on 08/30/2016 7:31:29 AM PDT by pabianice
From your link:
“When he finally arrived, James Douglas ordered Baynes to land his troops on San Juan Island and to engage the US 9th infantry. Baynes refused, famously stating that he would not “involve two great nations in a war over a squabble about a pig”.”
Try again.
From your link:
“The term “cod war” was coined by a British journalist in early September 1958.[6] None of the Cod Wars meets any of the common thresholds for a conventional war”
Try again.
Look at a freaking MAP!
They’re surrounding Taiwan, and making sure they can deny access to the Strait to the US Navy during the coming invasion.
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