Avoiding sailing is wrong. Sailing in like McCain wants is wrong as it’s obviously belligerent. Right way: just quietly advise the Chinese when a ship has normal budiness sailing by, without being openly provocative about it and without forcing China’s hand into defending against it like could easily be the case with mcCain’s approach
Good points. Additionally, McCain’s track record in Syria (where he was an early advocate of the groups that evolved into ISIS) doesn’t give one much confidence in his abilities in such areas.