Trouble is Brewing in the Far Pacific

Note the top article, which talks to Japan's opposition party reacting to China's actions regarding the most recent incident at sea over fishing rights and territorial waters and spheres of influence.  It seems that things will be unsettled for a while out there, as China sorts out who it is and how powerful it is.  This will slowly suck in the US.  Once we move out of Iraq and Afghanistan and the Philippines we will still need a strong Navy and Air Force.  The other option is to abandon Japan and South Korea and Taiwan to their own devices, which in the case of Japan may well include nuclear devices.

Regards  —  Cliff