Diplomacy has it's place, but too often the United States backs down. Thumbs Up to the crew of the spy plane for enduring the ordeal with honor. Thumbs Down to the U.S. military for purchasing berets from the Chinese. It said that the Army's top general has determined that U.S. troops would not wear berets made in China or berets made with Chinese contents. The Army said it was recalling previously distributed berets, received from China this year, and would dispose of them.
Gas prices are on the rise again.
We are offering them some ships and submarines. China says that Taiwan is one of their provinces and they want reunification of this island. The United States agreed long ago to support Taiwan's independence with military supplies. Once again, the Chinese called the shots. We were going to include Aegis missiles in the current sale, but because China objected, we pulled back that offer.