Amplified and misrepresented by the foreign media, Hu???s words echoed across Asia and the Pacific Ocean, alarming observers in Japan, India and other nations and eliciting a cool response from the U.S. Navy. ???Nobody???s looking for a scrap here,??? Adm. John Kirby, a Pentagon spokesman, told AFP. ???Certainly we wouldn???t begrudge any other nation the opportunity to develop naval forces.???