U.S. Steps Up Confrontation with China in the South China Sea
Submitted on July 22, 2011
By Joseph Santolan - WSWS
On July 14, US Senators John McCain and John Kerry wrote a letter to Chinese State Councilor Dai Bingguo...[stating] that the "assertive measures taken by China against foreign vessels in the South China Sea["]...could result in an escalation of future incidents. They added that this would “jeopardize the vital national interests of the United States”...This terminology is quite ominous, as “vital national security” interests are those that a country will go to war to defend. The threat of US armed intervention lurks not far behind such words.
