He doesn’t care.

Tyler, thank you for your sensible, not sensationalist, reporting!

“Because flying over them years ago would have prevented China from building them up? Nonsense.”

“So you Americans will not complain when China flies within 12NM fromthe coast of California - just to make sure.”
Well, are you going to complain when ANY world government decides to use that international waterway the way its supposed to be used? Don’t be surprised if your illegally built sand castle gets knocked…

“Nice of China not to shoot down those attack planes. I wonder what the USA would do if China started flying bombers 12 miles off New York?”
What an idiotic comment. How is New York analogous to fake islands built in the middle of an international waterway? That’s a collectively owned area and I hope the world gets…

Omg. That’s really pathetic and sad. You have problems. Seriously.

Go away.

You are talking about yourself. I do wish you would stop trying to include me in this mess.

“What the hell is wrong with you?
Why are you personalizing any of this?
Do you have a problem? If so, deal with it away from me. My comments shouldn’t be making you so angry and weird.”
I’m not angry at all. Just commenting honestly. Your comments were quite harsh and my reactions to them quite measured, I think.
And…

““Temptation” is just seeing what you want to see at the exact time you want to see it. Nothing else. You can’t be “tempted” unless you were already open to the idea.
Cheating is just the physical manifestation of the problems that exist in the relationship that neither party is dealing with either separately or…

No. It’s all you.

Saying “it is what it is” about anything, much less the topic of cheaters who run off with very young people, is so worthless and overdone and therefore meaningless that you really should just not say it. About anything, ever. It’s almost as bad as, “Just saying”.

“Exactly. It’s like sailing by an oil rig.”

I feel like real “freedom of navigation” for everyone on planet Earth would be to cruise along as though they aren’t there. Which means they need to pack up and leave. They would fall apart if any other countries tried this shit. Seriously. Maybe someone they really hate could get some funding from the rest of the…

I’m just having a hard time understanding how the example of China cruising past Alaska is relevant since Alaska wasn’t built from a sandbar in the middle of international waters.
Isn’t that the whole point? They aren’t supposed to be there. If we allow them to do this, they could continue to expand their territory all…

“common courtesy dictates that when there’s traffic behind you, you match the number on the sign or you pull over.

“Not sure about you, but I don’t want to glow in the dark.”
Heh, I’m not sure I understand your response. My comment was in response to someone else and was meant to imply that I hope the Chinese stop building islands in international waters in order increase their naval territory and hem in others.
Why would this make…

Thank for this reply. Another commenter, RagingBulldog, said the islands in question were added onto sandbars that were already in international waters. They haven’t been inside Chinese territory during any phase of this. I really can’t believe that was allowed. Very disturbing.

Thanks for that. I didn’t realize these islands were inside international waters. To me, that is completely unacceptable. How is everyone okay with this? They should get zero miles and six months to put those sandbars back like they found them.
Why is the UN allowing this?

“We have a right to every nautical mile of international water on the planet. Unless it’s within 12 miles of an artificial island, it’s international water.”