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The Foe We Need Is the Foe We Have

By Thomas Koenig

KAMPOT, March 15, 2020 — Soliders take part in the opening ceremony of a joint military exercise of Cambodia and China in Cambodia’s southwestern Kampot province, on March 15, 2020. Cambodia and China launched the fourth joint drill on counter-terrorism and humanitarian rescue at the Techo Sen Chumkiri live-fire field in Cambodia’s southwestern Kampot province on Sunday. (Photo by Cui Songrou/Xinhua via Getty) (Xinhua/Mao Pengfei via Getty Images)

“At a time when we are losing a grip on the fundamentals of the American Experiment, a powerful foe has arisen that stands in direct opposition to those fundamentals.”

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