Enh, we didn't need them anyway...

NineMSN of Australia reports on growing unease in the resource-rich South China Sea. American allies in the region, the Phillipines, have specifically beseeched us for help in any form to contain China's run on oil and prevent interference in shipping. Our global trade makes heavy use of shipping in regions like the South China Sea, importing low-cost goods from Thailand and Vietnam, and access to oil is always nice.

Just from the issue of oil exploitation, diplomatic emergencies are sure to arise in this region during the next Presidency. As mentioned in the previous post, China is well prepared to make moves against the US whereas the US hasn't quite put the same effort into protecting itself.  Some example conversation twists could look like:

• The Libya Lawsuit: "o hay guize, can we sue the phillipines for makin us help them stop china from stealin our oilz???"
• GOP Candidate Criticism: "If they can't even sway the moderates of America to vote for them on behalf of Republicans, how will they be able to sway outsiders like the Chinese from taking Phillipino oil on the behalf Americans?
• Michelle Bachmann, Specifically: "She's on the Intelligence Committee but hasn't once brought up how she'd deal with big, obvious intrigues like China jockeying for our Phillipino oil. Does she not know it's happening?"
• Anthony Weiner Resignation Pressures: "Man, we can't even make a guy we voted in resign over something that normally gets you voted out? How we gonna make China step off the oil our Phillipino allies are workin' on when they don't even care if we die?"