And this is why their strategy is delusional, and why ASEAN doesn't want to be on-board with the US in destabilizing the region. The US does understand that this is going to destroy every one of the allies in the region economically right? China's growth will be slowed, at a massive loss for US trade, reputation and some of their military assets. There are still land borders China can rely upon for trade and ways to trade by proxy through it.
If this plan gets executed, it amounts to declaring war on China. Do they seriously expect it will be isolated in the region? Naval mines will be setup, submarines will be active, undersea cables will be cut, there's a lot of ways China could hurt US economically and militarily. On the diplomatic front, the countries affected by making the region more hazardous to conduct trade will grow ever resentful towards US and would turn to China's side in order to stabilize the region.
Their attempts are pathetic, idiotic and futile, It will be better for them to keep the status quo of control over those country through military and economic cooperation. I don't understand why they have a bloody obsession with using hard military power in solving everything. when they could have invested all the money wasted in military from the last two decades into technologies that will ensure their tech and market dominance, giving them respect and control over the world. I'm blaming all the lead poisoning those boomers have during in childhood, and now who are in power.
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