> nor is it really all that humiliating.
This is exactly the line of reasoning which lead the free world into this predicament.
The predicament where an organisation can't offend 1.4 billion people and push an unstable region further into instability.
There are definitely battles that need to be had with the CCP, but this argument of semantics isn't one of them.
It's your Resolve. The Resolve is needed to strike an enemy.
A nation ridden with "deeply concerneds," and "strongly condemners" cannot come to consensus, and understand that an action is needed.
> nor is it really all that humiliating.
This is exactly the line of reasoning which lead the free world into this predicament.