re: Island of Antigua, about 220 miles from the U.S. Virgin Islands, taken over by China

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Until we can’t. They continue to grow stronger while we sit idle

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Fake news. China is dying, literally. They can't even project power past the First Island Chain, much less set up shop militarily in our hemisphere to a degree that would be any sort of threat. The Chicken Littles are always saying "OMG, China has more ships than us!!!" While technically true, the vast majority of them are tiny and can't get more than 300 miles from their coast. We have them beat 4:1 in combat tonnage. Plus, they are a land power. They have no history of expeditionary naval operations, which is why everyone (Japan, Great Britain, France, and Portugal) have always had their way with them.