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Funny you should mentioned Falkland. Do you know what would happen if Argentina defeats UK in the conflict? Falkland would fall right under Argentina control, not to mention that Falkland is still disputed today. Would you like to wager a bet on the outcome of a military confront between China and Philippine over Zhongye island?
you are confirming my point
physical presence is the hard and expedient method to claim back your sovereighty
that is why I suggest our mooring of our ship(s) there within the EEZ of the island
that is a trumping move that we dont have to consider the 50-year rule of international law and even if the law is to be considered, our presence is already established there right within the islands territory. One stone multiple birds!
A military confrontation will have several scenarios
At the end of the day we can take Zongye island back if we want to
While it is good that Malaysia and Singapore can resolve their difference through the help of international legal court, if you bothered to read your article more carefully, the international court, at not point, granted any part jurisdiction over actual territory. The binding action is Singapore and Malaysia government's agreement to the ICJ rule. Basically the international court is there to help hammering out a deal, but the decision to accept it or not rest fully with Singapore and Malaysia.
it is Singapore and Malaysia who both agreed to settle the case through international court of law
You are confirming my point again while defeating your own (read 2nd paragraph of your own posting @#27
Here the verdict of the court give the final words through which both countries followed the directions
As for "completely irrelevant", Georgians protested against Russia in UN or called for NATO, did it do anything? Palestinians protested and partitioned countless times in UN, did it do anything against US? Vietnam tried to sue China in UN, did it do anything? Of course not. The fundamental of any legal institute is the ability to enforce its rule. Being a member of UN permanent security council means that particular nation has a level of strength such that UN or any other international institute simply does not have ability to enforce their will upon that nation.
Again none of the Georgian cases against Russia through lodging complaints in UN had changed the status after the conflict
You are embarrassing yourself to confirm my point that being a permanent member of UNSC is not relevant to the case for claiming sovereignty. Russians used military force to claim its occupation while Georgia cannot have its complaints addressed satisfactorily through UN resolution
Being a permanent member of UNSC means you have veto power for a UNSC resolution only
Assuming we have taken Zhongye island and Pinoys want to take it to the UNSC council for a military intervention, even if we veto against it, the key for the next development is whether the rest of the members would use military actions helping the Pinoys to fight against us. Dont you think they will take our veto voting into consideration? That is if we have vetoed against military intervention by other nations, would they respect our veto and stop intervening militarily into the conflict? Dont be naive!