Re: US incursion in new Chinese ADIZ: no reaction from China
Finesse? Mild? by the puppet master, What the US did is to set an vice example and set the fuse,and Japan and Korea to follow sending their military planes into CHina ADIZ zone. China government didn't respond at first.
And folks at Motherland are outrageous, demanding China government to do something, so under the strong reaction from home crowd, China now start to send out AWAC and Jet fighters up there to patrol.
In other word, under US puppet master string pulling, the situation has escalated.
Shessh.
"Puppet master?" Seriously dude, if you want to be insulted, then any actions will serve, but if you calm down and rationally think about US response, then you see US actions was rather mild. Consider we could have MASSIVELY escalated the situation by sending two B2s, escorted by four F-22s, and you know damn well our Air Force could EASILY do that. Consider all the complex issues US leaders had to balance; to name just a few:
- American people's reactions and domestic politics (the GOP would accuse Obama of being weak if he did nothing but talk)
- Pacify Japan to prevent Shinzo Abe from taking actions on his own that could increase tensions even more
- Reassure China's nervous neighbors that America has their backs
- Signal to China that US response is measured and designed to get the best outcome out of a potentially explosive situation
Facts are, we're a Pacific nation as well as an Atlantic one. Asia is where the action is, and the US was, is, and always will be around to pursue our national interests.