> Will use it in violation of international law?

Checks notes: ....Uyghur camps...Hong Kong...takes whole South China Sea...

Yeap, my notes say it will.

While within the territory of China, the United States is sadly unable to fully protect the rights of oppressed humans, I am very happy that my tax dollars go to support innocent passage through the South China Sea, making a mockery of their so-called territorial claims that are consistently refuted by the UN. Here's my proof : "On 10 May[2024] , USS Halsey (DDG 97) asserted navigational rights and freedoms in the South China Sea near the Paracel Islands, consistent with international Law." https://www.navy.mil/Press-Office/News-Stories/Article/37714...

I suspect China is building a big navy so they can start "asserting navigational rights and freedoms" in waters close to the US, Australia, etc.

Hey! Guess what? They're entirely within their rights to do so! We can even escort them with our own ships out at sea, since by definition these exercises occur in international waters! And if that changes, so does the US response.

It blows my mind how woefully ignorant people are about this.

Like think about it, you have an organization like the CCP that exists to exert control over 17% of the world's population and continues to deny them the basic human rights that every human being should be entitled to.

Can anyone seriously tell me that they're content to just do that to 17% of the world's population? Of course not. The fact that they haveb't extended their wretched grasp over the world isn't because they don't want to, it's that they can't do it yet.

The existance of monarchies and autocracies anywhere is a threat to the free world and the concepts of liberal democracy. Not only do we owe it to the people who live under repressive governments to free them but we owe it to ourselves to keep ourselves free.