This is a seismic shift in the power balance in the Western Pacific. It’s importance to geopolitics cannot be overstated. The unimaginable has happened.
You know, for a smart feller, our president seems to be a dim bulb.
If China can consolidate this, this would be like the Russians gaining control of the Dardanelles, a long time ambition since Catherine the Great, and breaking out of the Black Sea.
Yep, it’s the Chinese-led version of the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere.
Franklin Roosevelt lost China ( failed to support Chiang Kai-shek in his war with Japan .
Lyndon Johnson lost Vietnam.
Barack Hussein Obama loses Philippines.