China is the world's premier maritime power.

 

“"By every measure but sheer naval tonnage—they've already got the numbers—China is the world's premier maritime power. There's no reason to think they aren't going to naturally develop the transoceanic naval power to go with it...”, Shugart said.” https://t.co/WIKKogGNAC

— Tom Shugart (@tshugart3) May 14, 2023

Well this is gonna go mainstream media soon.  So how should the conversation go?  In my opinion we should first ask how we got here.

I personally blame the war on terror.  

That money pit cost us more than anyone can fully realize right now.