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that might be true, but if the chinese really are going south, i thing country like united stated will join forces with us againts it, that will be our card too , the US not gonna let its allied (singapore, malaysia, phillipine, australia and new zealand) threaten....If you close any major strait, even if you are our friend, the US will reopen it... with force if needed. The USN protects freedom of navigation and anyone threatening that will be dealt with. Iran learned this the hard way during the Tanker War, when it was laying mines in the Strait of Hormuz. Indonesia will not close the Malaca or Sunda Strait without provoking a US response.
I know that this may be hard to realize, especially as our nations are friendly, but you need to understand that the US will do what it needs to - to whoever it needs to, to keep major straits and waterways open to all traffic.
We, and I speak as a former member of the USN, take our responsibility to keeping waterways open to all traffic very, very seriously.