Fourth Turning proceeds relentlessly towards war.
Russia and China are launching an eight-day naval exercise in the South China Sea on Monday. The drills will include anti-submarine warfare, vessel rescue, joint air defense, and taking an island with amphibious and airborne troops.
Once upon a time, I would have been positioning for a cool TDY with an AWACS crew… to Australia maybe or, at least, Okinawa to fly big orbits to track and record what the Commies are doing.
Now, I’m good where I sit.
Ah, those all expense paid trips to pretend we mattered.