“First official declaration I’ve seen anywhere that the Senkakus are covered under the US-Japan mutual defense treaty.”
This official declaration about the islands had already been made last year by the state department.
China is clearly viewing the Iran deal as a sign of weakness and decided that this was the opportune time to begin flexing their muscles in the region. This is not good.
I've been following the subject off and on, but I did not see that explicit declaration. I'll agree with you that the Chinese probably see the Iranian pact as a sign of American weakness.
David Cameron is the second coming of Neville Chamberlain. I understand why Obama caved, but Cameron is supposed to be a member of the Conservative Party that staged the Suez Canal takeover in the 50's and regained the Falklands in the 80's. At the risk of sounding of sounding prejudiced, I'm gonna say that having two Scotsmen in a row run Britain was bound to end in tears.