Yep.
Meanwhile, we were pouring trillions into trade with China, making them more and more powerful, while ignoring economic opportunities in South America.
As with pretty much all of our problems, this is a self-inflicted wound.
Indeed.
America should have developed partnerships with Central and South American companies. They'd make a little bit less but they'd have Christian, capitalist nations and wouldn't have to lose their IP in the process. Socialism would have been wrestled away from the mouths of those in these nations.
They would be more self sufficient and innovative instead of the loop they are in now.
Alas, the Western geniuses lead by America both Neo-Cons and Neo-Liberals figured "now is the time to expand into the billion population China and destroy Russia for good!" After the fall of the Iron Curtain.
It is this short sighted, history deficient and gross miscalculation that has placed the West at risk. Arm a massive Communist country like China and their intelligence agencies immediately went to work to infiltrate California, New York and other sources of large urban centers of influence in the West.
They have rapidly expanded around the globe, undermining the same hand that has fed them all the while the world is too afraid to call them out and even give the dignity to recognize Taiwan.
Leadership and patriotism in the West is very weak. As weak as it ever has been, from Europe to N America.
China has planned this and guided "leader" after leader and big media promoted them in the process!
I won't ever forget the laughs coming from CNN when Trump said he was going to take on China. They literally laughed and basically mocked him. Mocking their own nations interests.
I said at the time that beating China wasn't that difficult since America was the consumer of products.
The Cold War never ended, it just shifted. With the revival of Russia thanks to the brilliant decisions of Merkel, because remember "climate change people!". Russia is back and stronger than we ever thought they could be thanks to their Axis that has propped them up as oil prices skyrocketed.
