A US destroyer sailed close to a cluster of islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea on Friday, the Pentagon said, amid continued tensions in the contested waterway.
The USS Decatur passed close to the Paracel Islands and "conducted this transit in a routine, lawful manner without ship escorts and without incident," Pentagon spokesman Commander Gary Ross said.
"This operation demonstrated that coastal States may not unlawfully restrict the navigation rights, freedoms, and lawful uses of the sea that the United States and all states are entitled to exercise under international law."
Hey, Barack. "The 80's called, and they want their foreign policy back."
Ugh. This is the right move, but damn.... It's a dead certainty that the idiot man-child in the Oval Office has not thought even a tiny bit beyond it. And the idea of Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump trying to deal with what comes next is horrifying.
