Eve of War ?
Hi all; Over the last couple of months a huge Geo political change has been underway, china is exerting its new found place in the world and the USA is moving to block it. How do we find ourselves at the eve of war and why do I think or believe that this may be the case. First lets talk about the reef's in question, the are atop potentially huge reserves of oil coal and gas that all neighboring countries want a part of. China's claim to the south China sea is steeped in history, and the control of the waters has moved back and forwards between all of the countries bordering the region. This is one of those situations where in normal circumstances diplomats would go back and forward and an non violent solution would be found, and although no country would be entirely happy a conflict would be avoided. But this is far from a normal circumstance. The USA is strong and experienced after a decade of conflict not just that, we have advanced our weaponry on a scale not s