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Originally Posted by Ithekro
Oddly the US, while having no stance on the sovereignty of the islands, says they are under Japanese jurisdiction and thus covered by US security agreements with Japan. They have no stance because, as we have seen, it upsets the Chinese. But if shooting starts, the islands are covered by the US Seventh Fleet and other local assets.
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First off, great post. It really clears up the facts about who owns what.
Also, it seems that the Americans are getting weaker and weaker in the face of Chinese pressure. It has no official stance on the dispute yet its own treaties designate the islands as part of Japan. Talk about weakness.