 a string of islands, and pretty soon you've got an economic exclusion zone that includes the entire South China Sea. And again, the South China Sea is not China's southern sea. It's the sea that happens to be south of China. Big difference there. It doesn't belong to China. But that's kind of what worries me the most. Thank you. I've learned so much from this conversation. I'm sure everybody else has, but let's bring others into the conversation as well. So we'll start. Brookings Senior Fellow Michael O'Hanlon talking to Marine Corps Commandant General Eric Smith.