Dennis Santiago is an author and commentator on national policy and global stability issues. His subject matter expertise was developed during the Cold War as a strategic warfare systems analyst, missile defense architect, and arms control analyst. He is the author of the US Imperfect Defense Theory of Strategic Missile Defense.
We play chess against the Russians. Keep advancing your pawns across the board and sooner or later Putin has no choice but to take a couple.
Why would he go after pawns?
Imagine Xi is trying to play Putin and China is going to finance the Russian deployments in Latin America?
That would pretty much level the field and as an SWS specialist, the author has to understand this.
China would then use it to evict American business interests from the area.
If you think it is far-fetched, look at what is happening in Africa right now.
Another K Street whore