Of Course the Pacific is USA's swimming pool.......that's why they
have the 7th Fleet to protect their interests and harass
everyone.
If someone attacks USA, they can resurrect from the ashes of
defeat.
If someone attacks Singapore and Singapore is defeated, Forever
there will be no more Singapore........ that's the fate of nations
with small land /sea mass.
A bit of history here: there was a Oversea Chinese Kingdom in
Palembang (Indonesia) in 1402 AD.
Admiral Cheng Ho (Zheng He) passed by and destroyed this Kingdom
inspite of the fact that he was from China. (He was Muslim
actually, wearing Chinese Navy uniform)
The Oversea chinese Kingdom of palembang NEVER came back, and
Chinese rule in indonesia was OVER........heheheh......