You do not understand foreign policy or events in East Asia. If you believe, China challenging 7th fleet is mere bluster you are clueless . The whole point is China believes they are not international waters, our allies in the region believe they are. Talk to Singapore , Thailand, Malaysia, India (pretty much the whole world, if you feel China has a legitimate claim. 10,000 dead in Bengazi over Clinton? Where do you Bagger's get this stuff?
One thing you forget about SE asia is that our main proxy the philippines turned on us. It is not a coincidence out of all the countries there they had the boats guarding spratleys and they were the ones who filed the case in UNCLOS.