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We're a sorta foe but not a foe foe. They can't pigeon hole us. That ambiguity works to our advantage.
The point that has to be made is they deter us with a quarter of the strength we have deployed. They think they can rapidly move more in and spend less to keep their troops in the higher altitudes. This way they spend less than we do but in a pinch we can dominate them.
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At the same time pressure on all the countries at the same time is to threaten them. That if they get involved with the US then things will get worse for them. This overreach is going to backfire spectacularly.
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Sri Lanka asked us first but we weren't interested because there were no commercial gains to be had in Hambantota. Remember this is after the LTTE war ended and Sri Lanka found itself blacklisted due to human rights violations. Getting access to capital was hard.
Sri Lanka isn't going to mess with us. We can bankrupt Colombo as a port if we activate the Andamans for reshipment..
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