tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post1377140565486162376..comments2024-03-27T06:40:56.148-04:00Comments on EagleSpeak: China Weaponizes Built Up Islands in South China SeaMark Tempesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18172703868541571574noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5438008.post-65794156949848587992015-05-28T14:08:02.853-04:002015-05-28T14:08:02.853-04:00I've known for 25 years that this was coming; ...I've known for 25 years that this was coming; it was inevitable, when we didn't declare right out loud that artificial islands would never be recognized as "land". I watched this crap happen when I was the XO of the ASWOC at Cubi Point in 1988 and 89. We carefully avoided any confrontation, and so the ChiComs took this as either approval or surrender; it's tough to know which. <br /><br />And at this point, perhaps it doesn't matter. Ken Mitchellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15170444881087453127noreply@blogger.com