Depressing but essential reading

It'll take you right back to the '80's . . . hey, didn't we kick those Commie bastards out? . . . well, it's the ChiCom Commie bastards this time . . . (And why the hell don't we have attaches in these countries? They're our neighbors and of strategic interest, and they should be our friends, by which I mean that we should work to curry their friendship, and as Mosher says not to take it for granted.)

Red China on the March
The People’s Republic moves onto Grenada