Escalating Tensions Between China and the Philippines May Draw the U.S. Into Battle
BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — Lengthy-simmering tensions within the South China Sea and a latest spate of shut calls and violent run-ins involving China and the Philippines, is elevating issues of escalation, partially, resulting from a 73-year-old mutual protection treaty that would draw the U.S. into battle there.
“If China bodily assaults a treaty ally of america,” mentioned Cipher Temporary Skilled RADM Mark Montgomery (Ret). “It’s going to place us in a really powerful place as a result of this isn’t like Ukraine and Russia, the place Ukraine was not a treaty ally. This turns into a credibility subject for america.”
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