ONE thing very noticeable about President-elect Donald Trump's reascent to the White House is its cool, calm and all too cordial atmosphere. This is quite unlike that by Joe Biden four years ago which Trump's massive supporters even tried to block by storming the United States Capitol.The move appeared to succeed, and Trump seemed on the way to reversing popular mandate through sheer people power. But he lacked one vital element: the support of the military.
What does the spiel accomplish but a further escalation of the situation toward a shooting war with China?What Powell fails to cite — certainly for obvious reasons — is that the venture of the China seacraft into Philippine waters is no different from the constant journeys of US ships — albeit military ones — in exercise of the US-promoted 'freedom of navigation operations.
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