I mean, frankly, Mike, it scares the hell out of me that they won't answer the phone. I mean, if there's an incident in the South China Sea, they literally. There's no mechanism for de-escalation at this point because [China] won't communicate. I think that's extremely dangerous, given the possibility of some kind of accident that could escalate. I have this vision of these two blindfolded giants sort of lumbering toward one another in a kind of inevitable way. (09:52–10:00)
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Asserts that there is a lack of communication channels between the U.S. and China for de-escalation.
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