Chinese warplanes hold live-fire drills in South China Sea days after U.S. bomber flights

I cannot fathom why we have allowed the PRC to build these bases. Pres. Clinton gave them our missile tech. ostensibly so they could commercially launch our satellites. Uh Huh .... right. Irrespective, the time is coming when we will either have to fight them or become their "ally" and cede freedom of the seas and world dominance to them. IF we are going to fight we need to do it sooner rather than later. Time in this instance is against us. That is why we need to try a little harder with Russia. OK Putin is a di_k, but the Russians have a common border with the PRC and "potentially" a very strong armed forces. There is another positive to allying with the Russians against the PRC. The three strongest world powers are the US, PRC & Russia. If all three of us are weakened by conflict, there still will not be any nation strong enough (at least at this point) to challenge our interests here or abroad.