I think this is exactly correct.
To maintain stability in the face of Chinese military assertiveness, Fisher said the United States and Japan should seek an armed peace in the region by heavily fortifying the Senkaku Islands and the rest of the island chain they are part of.
Again, I agree.
The problem is that the US is so indebted to China--in fact, it is almost a wholly owned subsidiary of China--that it has placed itself in a very weak position.
Plus, the Obama administration seems to believe in the (rather dubious) principle of peace through weakness; so it has been busily hollowing out the US military, while China has been fervidly ramping up its own--thereby making confrontation less plausible, from the American perspective.
The Pentagon and U.S. Pacific Command have sought to develop closer ties to the Chinese military as part of the Obama administration’s Asia pivot policies.
However, China’s military has shown limited interest in closer ties.
Which goes to show that Chinese officials have a better grasp of the real situation than our own president does...