Randy Forbes: “Strategically, there is a sound basis for establishing an operational Marine presence on Guam, and we will start moving…”

I think reasonable people can have different views on it. My perspective is that the benefits of the Law of the Sea Convention do outweigh any sort of perceived risks.

In the coming decades, this is the region where the largest armies in the world will camp.

There is no legal authority to draw a big circle in the water a thousand miles long and then claim it as some sort of special zone or internal waters.

I believe that we can inject enough doubts into the minds of China's leaders about its use in the scenarios we worry most about.