War in South China Sea?

[Lurks Often]

Past the 12 hour deadline for LBN and not making headlines anywhere among the American press that I have seen.

"LONDON, Oct. 3 (UPI) -- An ugly momentum is building in the South China Sea, where an official Chinese newspaper called last week for war against Vietnam and the Philippines to uphold China's assertion of sovereignty over the mineral-rich seabed, estimated to hold 7 billion barrels of oil and 900 trillion cubic feet of natural gas."

Read more: http://www.upi.com/Top_News/Analysis/Walker/2011/10/03/Walkers-World-War-in-South-China-Sea/UPI-23491317637140/#ixzz1ZqmmfeAT

If true, this would be a very bad thing, I would expect India, Japan, South Korea and possibly even Australia to get dragged into a shooting war there and I can see it rapidly spiraling out of control and turning into a major regional war. The US would be forced to get involved or break long standing treaties with several of our oldest allies in the region: Japan, Australia and South Korea.

[HereSince1628]

1. Bringing out the old plots....this one from Ian Slater World War III series

of the mid 1990's...