The US isn’t choking off China. It is ensuring China does not effectively choke off the major sea routes that account for 80 of global commerce, most of it fueled / fueled by the US Economy. We apply our military forces as a means of securing our vital national interests, of which our economy is one. Our freedom…

They’ve never invaded another country.

You don’t appear to understand how much commerce moves by ship. If we allow the Chinese to establish that THEY own the South China Sea, they control the sea lines of communication that run through there. They can either shut it down or impose tolls high enough to impact our economy here.

The most important mission the US Surface Navy performs in peacetime are freedom of navigation operations. By literally showing the flag and sailing through international waters claimed by disputing potentates, the U.S. dares mini-tyrants to break international law and disrupt global commerce (the vast majority of…

“Watch them what? They’ve never invaded another country.”
*cough* Korea *cough* 

It’s called defensive posture, and it is a critical requirement.  

On the flip, when someone anonymously accuses another of rape, the accused has no evidence to defend themselves with, guilty or not.

There are many economic and political reasons not just defense reasons. For example every country has territorial waters and exclusive economic zones that are certain distances from shore. If the successfully claim this land it would prevent any other country from fishing nearby without special permissions. This area…

Not saying I don’t agree with scaling back operations, but the reason we “buzz” the Chinese Islands is to prevent China from calming international water as their own. In the US, your neighbor can build a fence across your property; if you do not dispute it after a period of time it actually becomes their land. So in…

Which makes the progress Tesla has made absolutely incredible and why the bears are still hilariously off-base.

“particularly in a legal landscape that’s increasingly open to protecting men from false accusations (which are not a particularly common occurrence). “

Police have limited resources, processing bulk forensic evidence for the vague change it may match an existing record isn’t really a responsible use of resources, that’s more a political issue not a police one. They will always ask every detail, it’s important to the case. And context is important to the prosecution,…

I agree entirely.

Not really. Pierce probably doesn’t have enough money to make it worth the lawyer going after.

This may sound crazy but you should probably have some shred of evidence before you publicly call someone a rapist.

THE HELL YOU DON’T!

Is this a bad time to remind Dodgers fans that their payroll is roughly twice that of the Astros?

Somewhat of a counterpoint:

And authorities held off labeling terrorism till they had details to back it up, which is how it should be done. (As opposed to people on social media who heard “truck hits people” and immediately started digitally yelling about Islamic terrorism, which is how it should not be done.)

Given the vast similarities between the London, Barcelona and German truck attacks, I’m pretty comfortable calling it one.