Report on U.S.-China Competition in East, South China Sea

U.S. Naval Institute ^ | August 10, 2021 | Congressional Research Service

[Retain Mike]

Potential general U.S. goals for U.S.-China strategic competition in the SCS and ECS include but are not necessarily limited to the following: fulfilling U.S. security commitments in the Western Pacific, including treaty commitments to Japan and the Philippines; maintaining and enhancing the U.S.-led security architecture in the Western Pacific, including U.S. security relationships with treaty allies and partner states; maintaining a regional balance of power favorable to the United States and its allies and partners; defending the principle of peaceful resolution of disputes and resisting the emergence of an alternative “might-makes-right” approach to international affairs; defending the principle of freedom of the seas, also sometimes called freedom of navigation; preventing China from becoming a regional hegemon in East Asia; and pursing these goals as part of a larger U.S. strategy for competing strategically and managing relations with China.

[Retain Mike]

The report is really long, but using the table of contents helped me.

Pages 99 and 100 help understand how outrageous their claims are.

[Don Corleone]

I have no faith in our generals or admirals. They have won nothing in at least the last 20 years. Hamstrung by the pols, sure. Wouldn’t stop Patton or MacArthur.

[Reily]

Actually the “pols” did stop both of them.
Both got relieved of their commands and sent home

[sauropod]

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