Tensions continue to simmer over the South China Seas incident on December 5, in which the USS Cowpens almost hit a Chinese warship that was taking part in naval drills in the area.
Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel insisted the whole incident was China’s fault, insisting that their ship “cut in front” of the Cowpens in a move that was “unhelpful” and “irresponsible.”
China has downplayed the incident, but appears somewhat irked that the Cowpens forced its way through the middle of a training exercise the US and everyone else had already been informed about.
But that incident is just reflective of the bigger source of tensions between the two nations: that the United States is, as a matter of general policy, taking sides in every single maritime territorial dispute China is involved in, and siding with whoever isn’t China.
The US insinuation into those disputes has been pushing China to take more aggressive stances on their own claims. The December 5 incident, and Hagel’s warning that it could lead to “miscalculations,” suggests that the US is still trying to bluff China into accepting US dominance in the region, something it clearly won’t do.
And somehow it is responsible for the US to mess around over there?
American arrogance toward China and around the world is breathtaking.
The true sentiment is not just arrogance; it is American Supremacist Ideology
China should just waltz into Taiwan and reclaim their sovereign territory.
The US is such disgusting, evil country nowadays. They just know how to killl, kill, kill, kill.
What an horrible country! What a facist, ugly leadership.
The Cowpens is a state-of-the -art guided missile cruiser. The Chinese ship 'Feng Shui' is a landing craft cum suicide barge. Obviously somebody's surface vessal voidance radars were non-functional. Or it was a reprise of the famous 'episode' between the USS Montana and the Irish lighthouse.
What a stupid name for a US battle ship Cow'Pens. should be called USS PigPens
The ship is named after the American Revolutionary War Battle of Cowpens. But yes, Pigpens is more appropriate here.
us is DEFINITLY crusin for a brusin……
Countries only do wrong in the eyes of the USA if they are obstacles rather than tools of US power. The wrongdoings of non-subordinate countries are cited by the USA as reasons for why these countries need to be attacked, sanctioned, and dominated by the US.
That's why we are hearing a lot about what China is doing wrong right now, but when asked about Saudi Arabian women trying to obtain the right to drive car, John Kerry said "That debate is best left to Saudi Arabia."
Hillary Clinton, supposedly the bastion of women's rights but in reality a simple US-supremacist war-pig, said even less than Kerry.
Well, here we go again. The big bully just barges in where it has no need to go. And to think that some people in the US of A were so bloody happy to see Hagel as Secretary of Defense. Yeah, like he'd be any different than some other political hack in the job. The world now sees the US of A as THE threat to world peace. "We", the US of A have become the biggest fool bully on the planet.
FYI, I served honorably as a US Marine 1968-72 and did a tour in the imperial war in Vietnam, 5th Marines, 1970-71.
Oh, and what is the percentage of homeless veterans in the US of A? Yeah, sure does show how the gummint "supports" the troops.
What has happened to hagel…
a guy that made alot of sense..years ago…..has turned into a warmongering jerk
belligerence and arrogance at every turn…..
it is the neo-cons led by bill kristol are the major ones calling for massive US aggression world wide