>Mattis and Kelly are going to be handing down life sentences and executions.
Doubtful. Sure hope I'm wrong…))
Our 'traditional allies' are 5 eyes and the EU/NATO and Israel.
The same ones against Isaiah's 45, and who spied on him for the sake of the MIC.
Mattis referenced Russia in the same sentence to balance it out. Economic ties and military objectives seem to bifurcate with respect to China a bit more though, as you've noted. Xi and Putin will be around way past 2024 and we need a different path going forward. I don't trust either nation, but I do respect Putin. As for Xi, he wants his silk road and the South China Sea.
Mattis wants to wage war with a trans-sexual and gay army against Russia over the CIA'd couped Ukrainian government and ISIS in Syria. POTUS has a different policy stance.