What if China wants a piece of the Philippines or Vietnam? It needs to be addressed on an international stage before the civilians on both sides begin suffering.
I think these issues need to be resolved without assessing blame, because the world's most powerful countries always try to impose their will on other smaller sovereign states.
Interesting that you mention Vietnam.
Only mentioned Vietnam because it was discussed in the article. Besides US Troops arent fighting proxy wars with Russia at the moment. Just fighting "Terrorists", whatever that means at this time.
Of course, at the time China's economy and military where much smaller. But so was Vietnam's.
Out of China's neighbors that should be worried Vietnam is probably the least likely target since it's basically an armadillo. The rest, however, have plenty to fear.
Sure. Unlike the Russians, or the communists, or the terrorists, this time there's a true global threat.
>What if China wants a piece of the Philippines or Vietnam?
Exactly: what if? Are we going to prepare for every possible scenario? There are a lot of them.
Maybe you should talk to some older Polish, Czech or East-German people and tell them the USSR wasn't a real threat...
My point being that this never-ending blame game won't solve anything.