Ramesh #NotGoingBack<p>⬆️ <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://threads.net/@davidaugust/" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>davidaugust</span></a></span> </p><p>44% duties on <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/SriLanka" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SriLanka</span></a>, already reeling under Chinese <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/debtDiplomacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>debtDiplomacy</span></a>, will drive it even closer to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a>.</p><p>Same with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a>. </p><p>When they get crushed further and default on Chinese loans, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GwadarPort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GwadarPort</span></a> and the port in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Colombo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Colombo</span></a> will go to China.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> is planning to get active in the region, starting with <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DiegoGarcia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DiegoGarcia</span></a> to confront <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Iran" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Iran</span></a>.</p><p>I hope <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DUI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DUI</span></a> hires at <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Pentagon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pentagon</span></a> and brilliant <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Harvard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Harvard</span></a> grads behind <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Project2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Project2025</span></a> have thought through all of this.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BeltsAndRoadInitiative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BeltsAndRoadInitiative</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/BRI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BRI</span></a></p>