Re <<I wonder how amerikkka would react to China
starting a proxy war w/Australia, just asking? -g->>
whilst gaming Australia for China merely involves buying stuff China wants, unclear what it would take as necessary from USA. In the same way, Marshall Islands playing Solomon, as China invests US$ and exports stuff into the invested projects to get back more US$, ala Belt & Road
Intersting gaming, and we track such. Unless we watch we would not see such news items, as we do not see that Team India has another side to it hidden by the media until not.
washingtonpost.com
Marshall Islands, feeling neglected by the U.S., enjoys new leverage
January 27, 2023
President Biden takes a photo with Pacific Island leaders at the White House, including Marshall Islands President David Kabua at fourth from right, on Sept. 29. (Susan Walsh/AP)
MAJURO, Marshall Islands — The leaders of the Marshall Islands, a collection of 29 coral atolls lying halfway between Hawaii and Australia, know exactly why the United States just agreed to a deal promising $700 million in new support over four years.
“It’s because of China. We’re not naive,” Marshallese Foreign Minister Kitlang Kabua said in an interview at a restaurant close to the country’s parliament in the capital of Majuro. It offered a view of a vast lagoon speckled with rusted fishing ships that bring in tuna, and the coconut palms that fringe the thin circle of land that makes up the Marshalls’ main atoll. |
