We may be on the verge of a war.
Unlikely.If China moves its navy,in numbers,into the disputed area the Japanese will know that it's "game over".The only effective response the Japanese might have is an economic one and it appears that they're using it.Now it's time for the US and Europe,China's two other economic lifelines,to step up and say "no additional imports from China".After *that* happens the Chicoms have nowhere to send the,cheap,worthless garbage they're now sending to Japan.
The Japanese-controlled Senkaku Islands, a group of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea to which China and Taiwan have both made claim, fall within the scope of the 1960 Japan-U.S. security treaty which requires the country to defend Japan in the event of armed attacks, a senior State Department official said Monday.
"The Senkakus would fall within the scope of Article 5 of the 1960 U.S.-Japan Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security because the Senkaku Islands have been under the administrative control of the government of Japan since they were returned as part of the reversion of Okinawa in 1972," the official told Kyodo News.
The treaty's Article 5 states, "Each party recognizes that an armed attack against either party in the territories under the administration of Japan would be dangerous to its own peace and safety and declares that it would act to meet the common danger in accordance with its constitutional provisions and processes."
Seems like the US is treaty bound to protect the Japanese claim to these islands. How long do you think it will take Obama to renege on this?
“We may be on the verge of a war.”
I was going to wait until after the election before deciding whether to replenish my non-perishable supplies. I’ve let the quantity drift-down from 4 years to 3 years of everything I can think of (clothes, motor oil, paper towels, bags, etc).
But if this heats up a bit more - I’m off to Sam’s again, and will buy a few more years worth of stuff...