US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources
US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources
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US Claims Huge Chunk of Seabed Amid Strategic Push for Resources - BNN Bloomberg
17 comments
17 comments
China attempts to maintain their territorial claims in the South China Sea after the Philippines and Vietnam conduct island-building operations there in the early-00s: CHINA BAD!!!
America expanding their territorial claims in the Pacific because they want more natural resources: Yeah, this is fine and reasonable and democratic.
Canada, who gets no say in the matter because we're entirely reliant on the US for trade and defence: fuck, eh?
China bad
America bad
Simple
Nice whataboutism.
Stick to the point, though. This is a dick move (increasing the territorial claims, that is - not pointing out whataboutism, that's all good!)
I find it amazing how every time you see the shittiest take in this community, it's a lemmy.ml user. It never fails.
One of these claims is compatible with UNCLOS, the other absolutely is not. The US pulls plenty of international dickery, including not ratifying UNCLOS, but this claim fits within that existing international law just fine
Except it's not really compatible with UNCLOS.
The US interpretation of UNCLOS would allow them to claim like half the Pacific
No, they're both bad
Literally the same bullshit getting pulled in the South China Sea.
"This ocean is all MY ocean, because I said so"
(oh oops there's oil there teehee completely unrelated)