The Trump administration is an inbred collection of billionaires who think they will reshape the world in their own interests.

Since when has the US respected the ruling of an international court? Despite the failure of the UN to find evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, the Bush administration invaded Iraq in 2003.

The US mined Nicaraguan harbors in the 1980s, they engineered an incident in the Gulf of Tomken to invade Vietnam in the 60s, not to mention the string of government overthrows engineered by US intelligence. Even under Obama there was a coups in Honduras and Egypt that were basically enabled via US military support.

How has China interfered with shipping in the area, and who are the US to dictate sovereignty issues in the south China sea. Let's remember that the Philippines was a colony of the US less than 100 years ago. I'd say their right to determine sovereignty in the area is questionable at best.

The bellicose language of Tillerson will lead to war.