Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>'s audacious <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltAndRoadInitiative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRI</span></a> continues to fly under the radar in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/CorporateMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CorporateMedia</span></a>. </p><p>In a conventional kinetic war, this will be China's decisive edge.</p><p>While China has been investing worldwide to build ports & infrastructure, Americans have been bickering among ourselves (more sharply since 2010 with the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TeaParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TeaParty</span></a>).</p><p>Now Donald <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> and Marco <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Rubio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rubio</span></a> want to sieze <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PanamaCanal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PanamaCanal</span></a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Greenland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Greenland</span></a> by force to make up for some of that inaction and to blunt the Chinese influence</p>