"Use of force is a message that we, the U.S., oppose,'' Adam Ereli, deputy spokesman at the U.S. State Department, said in a daily briefing to reporters.
Bloomberg article
Unless it's us, of course. In this case, it's China talking about refusing to grant independence to Taiwan. Now, let me think....would that be anything like the Northern states refusing to allow the South to secede?
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.