BOTTOM LINE UP FRONT — Lengthy-simmering tensions within the South China Sea and a current spate of shut calls and violent run-ins involving China and the Philippines, is elevating considerations of escalation, partly, because of a 73-year-old mutual protection treaty that would draw the U.S. into battle there.
“If China bodily assaults a treaty ally of america,” stated Cipher Transient Knowledgeable RADM Mark Montgomery (Ret). “It’s going to place us in a really powerful place as a result of this isn’t like Ukraine and Russia, the place Ukraine was not a treaty ally. This turns into a credibility problem for america.”
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