[Joe Wicked]

I think that the US should not sit by and dismiss what the Chinese are doing. The more we allow these actions to take place, the more they will escalate. Here we had a US Naval ship that backed down. Yes, it was an unarmed ship run by non military trained civilians, but to the Chinese, they just got a US Naval vessel to tuck tail and run. To further that point, the all the US did was cry about it and say "Stop it". That is as bad as telling the school yard bully "I am telling". All it gets you is smacked around some more.