There is concern amongst countries in the area. There are many territorial disagreements. Both that and pressure to host bases etc in exchange for secure access to US markets.
The Biden administration is pursuing a policy of ambiguity with respect to China. A blockade is an act of war, but publically threatening it is also a quick way to lose sway in the court of world opinion. I agree that there is no public threat of a blockade by the adminstration, nor did I claim they did. Similarly, when was the last time the US officially declared war? WWII? Actions are better indicators than words. One cannot "contain" a country like China without assets in place. And they are there. I've read about 400 installations in Asia alone?
China militarily invaded another country in, if I recall, Vietnam in 1971. Most here were not born then. I'm a geezer and I was two. A lot of wars have occurred since then, but we characterize them as an aggressor nation.
Their threat to us is not that they will invade their neighbour. It is that their economic force of gravity will pull the entire world into their economic orbit, leaving us as an "also ran".
The Biden administration is pursuing a policy of ambiguity with respect to China. A blockade is an act of war, but publically threatening it is also a quick way to lose sway in the court of world opinion. I agree that there is no public threat of a blockade by the adminstration, nor did I claim they did. Similarly, when was the last time the US officially declared war? WWII? Actions are better indicators than words. One cannot "contain" a country like China without assets in place. And they are there. I've read about 400 installations in Asia alone?
China militarily invaded another country in, if I recall, Vietnam in 1971. Most here were not born then. I'm a geezer and I was two. A lot of wars have occurred since then, but we characterize them as an aggressor nation. Their threat to us is not that they will invade their neighbour. It is that their economic force of gravity will pull the entire world into their economic orbit, leaving us as an "also ran".