india, taiwan, japan, korea and vietnam need to wake up and smell the coffee (the green tea rather). end of the day, they can change friends but not neighbors...they need to understand that their adopted big brother uncle sam still has horrific nightmares from the korean war days when their near complete victory was thrown into the pacific ocean victory when the PLA marched from the mountain tops pushing them into the waters. because of that, they need to understand that the ol' uncle sam is not there to protect them, rather, ol' uncle sam is there to fight China to the last indian, vietnamese, korean and japanese. China is more than capable of eliminating every single one of these neighbors in a matter of hours, not days. We ARE talking about the 3rd largest nuclear weapons stockpile after all. I sincerely hope that these nations are not counting on the u.s. to prevent such an annihilation...it won't risk its own neck for these nations. do yourselves a favor and don't be a sacrificial lamb for the old farts sitting in washington.