The ownership of the islands are spelt out in Potsdam Declaration and the Cairo declaration that we hvae the undisputed rights to Diaoyu Islands
It is not, as the islands are covered under 'such minor islands as we determine', and by any stretch of the word those islands were considered a minor island. China did not complain about them, not until large amounts of oil were speculated to be under them. China does not have a stronger legal claim than Japan.
War is not good to all 3 parties.
So you agree?
It is US' choice: Peace or War!
As much as I wish it was, it is not, we are only a party to the brewing tensions, but we have no control over the islands themselves, they are not our sovereign territory.
We are bound by treaty to protect Japan and areas under Japanese administration from hostile actions, these islands are included. To not follow through would be detrimental to our core interests, i'm sure you understand the importance of core interests. Only Japan and China have the power to decide this dispute, and it is only China that can end the dispute.
Again, only China can decide to end the dispute, as China is the one that is currently messing with the status quo. Only China can choose peace or war, we can only react.
Your choice.
Again. The ball is in the US court. Patrolling the area is our routine.
Your 'routine' is less than a year old, your argument is two-faced, self-serving, and lacks credibility due to this.
Our treaty with Japan is about half a century old.
Then get the f*ck out of the mess created by the japanese
You know I could say the same to you, I could say 'stop warmongering, trying to f*ck the peace that the US and all others in the region have persevered so hard to build and preserve, and stop trying to kill your family in war!', but I won't because that is not how things work.
Our treaty is again half a century old, it is part and parcel of our cornerstone in global relations and our position in the world. To not follow through on our word in protecting the Senkaku from hostile attack would be detrimental to our core interests in not just the region, but globally.
Whether China misstepped or not, China has shown an overwhelming eagerness to make the mess bigger than it should be, keep the mess ongoing, and use it to push the region to war. At this point blaming Japan and Japan alone would be an act of utter dishonesty. China is also to blame for the rise in hostilities, and is more to blame for the continuance of this destabilizing dispute.
Again, China is the only one that can control whether this dispute ends or not, because China is the one that is continuously and enthusiastically deepening it. I urge you to choose the path of peace, or at least limit your dispute to the realm of international arbitration, like the Philippines has recently done.
We have no quarrel if China and Japan manage to solve the dispute without war.
not on the pretext of giving up our sovereignty
Again it is your choice. Your country has not had de-facto and arguably legal sovereignty over those islands for more than a hundred years, to claim it as integral to your sovereignty is just bad faith considering that fact.
China had sovereignty over its borders 10 years ago, I think it did just fine without the fights over this.
Let's see who fires the first shot. USA have warned their dog not to fire tracer bullets nor any warning shots in the air over the islands. Keep the USA's hard rein on the imperial dog!
There would be no potential for a first shot from either side if China did not deliberately escalate tensions, and the glee with which you speak of this makes it sound like you actually want war to happen, that you are a war-mongerer.
Japan is our ally and friend, we do not have control over their actions, but a treaty is a treaty, even an accidental shoot-down won't change what our duties are, because there are infinitely better options in response than no response or all out war, which seems to be what you advocate in response. An all out attack on the Senkaku's in that context would still be a hostile act.