An aerial photo shows a Chinese marine surveillance ship Haijian No. 66 (front) cruising next to a Japan Coast Guard patrol ship in the East China Sea, known as Senkaku isles in Japan and Diaoyu islands in China, in this photo by Kyodo September 24, 2012. REUTERS/Kyodo
U.S. General: Aggressive Chinese Territorial Claims Bring Risks -- Washington Free Beacon
Air Force Gen. Herbert Carlisle says Chinese territorial claims run risk of 'miscalculations'.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Aggressive moves by China to assert territorial claims run the risk of “miscalculations” but are also helping Washington strengthen ties with other countries in the region, the general who oversees U.S. air forces in the Pacific said Monday.
“Being fairly aggressive runs the risk of creating the potential for miscalculation,” Air Force General Herbert Carlisle told defense reporters in Washington. “That’s something we think about every day.”
The United States is shifting its military and diplomatic focus to the Asia Pacific region partly because of a buildup by Beijing. China has been involved in territorial disputes with the Philippines and Vietnam over islands in the South China Sea and with Japan over the uninhabited Senkaku islands.
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My Comment: His concerns are justified .... but the U.S. presence in the region is small when compared to the military forces that China/North and South Korea/Japan/Taiwan/etc. have in the region .... and if something should go wrong, it will be between these countries.
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