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“In the end, it was self-restraint by the Filipinos that prevented escalation. Some Philippine Navy personnel involved are highly-trained elite forces from the Naval Special Operations Command. This incident might have ended uglier had they vigorously fought back against the Chinese coast guards.”

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And this is the case everywhere. India is showing restraint in the Himalayan provocations. Taiwan doing the same around its area. Japan the same. PRC is the bully, the instigator, trying to provoke fights. Crude and obnoxious, but with a geopolitical agenda also. Containment is necessary.

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