The last time the US installed bases in a nation bordering Russia, Russia parked a nuclear missile battery 90 miles off the Florida coast. China is exerting so

The last time the US installed bases in a nation bordering Russia, Russia parked a nuclear missile battery 90 miles off the Florida coast. China is exerting soft power now by buying up properties and ports in the Caribbean and Latam. Make no mistake, if a real US base had been activated in Afghanistan China, or Russia, would have planted one in Venezuela.