Jim Webb actually said...

I appreciate the observation that both of you made several times that the United States does not take sides in issues of sovereignty for man...

One of the main points in the communique was concern about peace and stability in the region.

what we're after here is the proper communications in the region and maintaining the kind of balance.

We tend to take these incidents as isolated incidents, and we resolve the incident, and then we dismiss it, and we say things are fine.