China drilling in Japanese waters. This could get real!

Thanks Nicolae for the heads up!

via the Russian Times.  Read the entire article at RT, but consider this.  I thought nationalism was just a Chinese issue.  I was wrong.  A quick Google revealed that its sweeping the entire Pacific.  Even the countries citizens seem to be gearing up for conflict.

Japan has allegedly ordered geological survey ships to prepare for possible deployment after the Chinese were reportedly detected drilling in Japanese waters near the disputed area of the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, a source told Reuters.
The Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC) has been ordered to put both its survey ships , the Shigen and the Hakurei, on standby and to prepare to deploy without any foreign members of staff on board, according to the source .
Japan warned China not to expand gas exploration in the East China Sea on Thursday, following a media report according to which Chinese state-run oil companies plan to develop seven new gas fields in the sea, possibly siphoning gas from the seabed beneath waters claimed by Japan, Kyodo news agency reported.
"We will never accept development of gas fields in the area over which there are conflicting claims in a unilateral manner," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga said at a press conference. Though he added that officials are still gathering information to confirm the report.
After in 1968 it was discovered that oil reserves might be found under the sea near the territory of the islands in the East China Sea, sovereignty over them has been long disputed by Japan and China.
Meanwhile, three Chinese maritime vessels were spotted entering Japan’s territorial waters on Thursday morning, the Japanese Coast Guard reported. Beijing said was a routine surveillance and the ships later left the Japanese waters, but remain in the contiguous area, the coast guard added.

Yeah.

This is just the type of scenario where shit could get real.  REAL QUICK.

Opposing warships maneuvering close together....an accidental bump because you have two head strong commanders that are unwilling to experience the loss of face to a potential enemy...paint is scrapped...both commanders determine that the accident was an act of war and suddenly you have a border dispute erupt into an all out shooting war with several ships and several planes sunk and shot down.

Of course the UN, the US and the EU will rush in to try and calm the situation but you'll still have the first skirmish in what will inevitably lead to shooting war.

Its coming folks and our State Department and Pentagon are too weak, unthinking and unaware to stop it.

One miscalculation.  One nervous trigger finger.  That's all that stands between a HUGE regional war and a full scale depression.