What Does Puerto Rico Have to Do With Strategic Situation With China? A Lot
Puerto Rico is experiencing concerning trends
Bernardo Rivera celebrates holding a Puerto Rican Flag as he walks around a burned military vehicle at the former U.S. Naval Station Camp Garcia in Vieques, Puerto Rico, on May 1, 2003. The U.S. Navy abandoned Camp Garcia just before midnight on April 30 with a ceremony marking the land transfer back to Puerto Rico. Hundreds of protesters then rushed onto the former Navy area, destroying vehicles, burning flags and attacking buildings. Vieques served as a practice bombing range for U.S. Navy for almost 60 years. Gerald Lopez-Cepero/Getty Images
The parts of the United States called American territories aren’t well understood anymore. While a premier component of American superiority in the 20th century, in the age of Howard Zinn’s textbooks in the public school system, our territories now are ignored or simply used as cudgels in hyperbolic attacks against the rare historical experiment of a constitutional republic called the United States.
John Mills
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Col. (Ret.) John Mills is a national security professional with service in five eras: Cold War, Peace Dividend, War on Terror, World in Chaos, and now, Great Power Competition. He is the former director of cybersecurity policy, strategy, and international affairs at the Department of Defense. Mr. Mills is a senior fellow at the Center for Security Policy. He is the author of “The Nation Will Follow” and “War Against the Deep State.” ColonelRETJohn2 on “X”, ColonelRETJohn on Substack, GETTR, and Truth Social
