The Chinese have the same right as any other nation to freely navigate the open seas and build up a preeminent navy. Why not? If that sucks then let's remember who is creating the vacuum. I can hear the Orffish music when I read this.
O Fortuna, like the moon, with an ever-changing state
Always waxing or waning
The gifts she gives to me, she snatches away
Truly it is said, Fortuna has a full head of hair
But when your opportunity is there!—she is bald
The wheel of fortune turns; I descend, having been brought down
The CCP declaring that they were building up the PLAN to take the Pacific away from PACFLT, could be taken as a subtle hint as to their intentions.
The Chinese have the same right as any other nation to freely navigate the open seas and build up a preeminent navy. Why not? If that sucks then let's remember who is creating the vacuum. I can hear the Orffish music when I read this.
O Fortuna, like the moon, with an ever-changing state
Always waxing or waning
The gifts she gives to me, she snatches away
Truly it is said, Fortuna has a full head of hair
But when your opportunity is there!—she is bald
The wheel of fortune turns; I descend, having been brought down
Another is raised up; he is exalted—too much!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AP_CSQgBPpQ
Because the CCP doesn't believe in "open seas"...