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USA has a better and more decisive approach - they didn't just claim North America; they simply went to occupy and almost ethnically cleansed the natives there.

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Spot on. Folks wanting to cover the same story in more detail can usefully consult Bill Hayton's "The South China Sea: the Struggle for Power in Asia" (2014)

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Thanks for writing and posting this.

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