Diplomacy is fine, Republicans say, but first things first: ‘We’re Americans. Somebody hits us, there’s going to be a reckoning and we’re going to hit back.’
For decades, the ability for the U.S. military to simultaneously conduct two-and-a-half major regional conflicts was the standard, until the 1990s cuts.
In renewed Pacific pacts, United States steps-up maritime monitoring, risking combat fishery confrontations with CCP fishing fleets shadowed by Chinese warships.