Look, you need to get with the idea that while you may not be interested in global conflict, global conflict is interested in you.

Dope- the one thing we have agreed on for at least 10 years is that China is the main show.

Whenever it was that we both started posting about blue water naviee, I believe that is where we each recognized that the other, at least on this issue, was on the same page.

So allow me to challenge you on that point, and these are not trick questions. You don’t even have to answer them, though I do ask you to ponder them.

1. What lesson will China draw from our abandonment of Ukraine vis-a-vis their designs on Taiwan?

2. Our military strategy in the Pacific relies heavily on our relationships with allies- military plans developed jointly with nations in the western Pacific- Japan, the Philippines, South Korea, Australia and Taiwan.

What in the hell do you think this “thing” negotiated in Riyadh- a capitulation to Russia, ( we’re even promising to help rebuild Russia’s economy) is going to do to our relationships with allies in the Pacific?