Referencing A Shakespeare Comedy To Explain The South China Sea? Perfection!

 "Much ado over nothing? Balikatan sinking of China-made ship ‘coincidental,’ says Navy"

Why haven't you sunk yet?

Every year America and the Philippines hold joint war games. Simply put it's America flexing it's muscles in it's S.E. Asian Empire. This year France has decided to take part.

Also, every year China struts about telling the world that America is an Imperialistic Power playing games in China's backyard.

Of course, the sub text to all this messaging has to do with who will control one of the world's most important trade routes and who gets to drill for all that nice oil and gas under the seabed.

This year the culmination will be the boys with toys sinking a derelict ship. What makes it even more fun is that it was originally a Chinese Naval Vessel.

China is puffing out her feathers and America is saying that it's just a coincidence. 

There's nothing like a little macho politics before my first coffee to brighten my day and sharpen my pen. Thank-you Rappler.

Brian