[lentulusgracchus]

We ought to be doing the same thing (I had the idea years ago) and staking economic use claims all around them in competition with the Chinese.

In fact, we could build bigger and better islands .... do it as business ..... "Bob's Bigger Better Sandbars" .... challenge the Chinese to a dredging race, drive deep (as in, 600') transitways through the whole South China Platform for our nuclear submarines -- how do you like that, Chang?

We could make this fun and profitable, call in the hated Halliburton to build massive islands and quay complexes, BOQ's, PX's, regular big-ass naval bases like Subic and Roosie Roads. Really annoy the Chinese.

And totally counterfeit their claim to "own" the South China Sea, water column, wave tops, and all.

Go to hell, Chicoms.

[DoughtyOne]

Well, would serve them right.

Something needs to wake them up.