originally posted in:Secular Sevens
inb4 people will blame obama for this
OT: I have no real opinion about this. Part of me says that it's just karma for what the US has been doing the whole time, but part of me says that we should do something about it. I'm conflicted on this.
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Define 'do something.' If you mean putting into place counter measures to prevent preemptive attacks or intelligence gathering, then yes. If you're talking about forcefully preventing them from entering our EEZs, then no.
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I do not enjoy violence and I prefer a more diplomatic approach to this.
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What exactly can we say to dissuade them from doing this? "Hey, we know we're sailing carriers in your Exclusive Economic Zones, but can you please not do the same to us?" This isn't an issue which calls for diplomacy, or any sort of major political response. The only thing we can do is to undermine their presence in our Exclusive Economic Zones. That's the most appropriate course of action, in my opinion. I can only see two scenarios where we could prevent them from doing this. The first is if we engage in conflict with them, which not only aggressive, but also extremely stupid. The second is if drop our patrols in their EEZs, which would end up hurting our position in the region.