Thanks for the book reference. I'll queue it up. I agree with you, and our obsession over the Spratley Islands is insane.

Let them have their pieces of rock. If the Chinese were swarming all over the Caribbean, how would we feel about that? Or the Russians for that matter?

I loathe Putin and what he's doing to Ukraine, but the NATO expansion was an unnecessary provocation.

One thing I was concerned with regarding my article was that people would consider it a defense of U.S. foreign policy, which is truly abysmal and has been for a long time.

Thanks for your always excellent remarks.