>>8326221 (PB)

I'm physically exhausted ATM and running on vapors, but might this not be why Trump and Modi were getting all cozy-cozy last week? It seems likely that our satellites caught this happening and Trump personally delivered the data to Modi. OR Modi gave Trump a call and said "C'mon over -- we'll throw you a party -- but there's something I want you to see in person."

We've been putting so much heat on China that we'd be risking a 1st power confrontation if WE stopped the vessel, but India hasn't been nearly as big of a problem to China of late as we have.

Stopping a vessel flying the flag of another country in international waters is a very serious thing to do. India did not do this without KNOWING what it was going to find and carefully weighing the risks.

Remember, after about 8th grade there are no coincidences. Bear in mind, too, that Russia, the US and China are due to sit down to discuss disarmament in the near future. One of the goals MUST be to de-fang the smaller nuclear powers.