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00:27The Chinese are clearly staking their claim
00:30as the preeminent military authority in the region.
00:34Now the men pointing the guns and artillery at the marines have uniforms.
00:40They are organized and centralized.
00:42They come from the strongest sovereign power in the hemisphere, China.
00:53The Chinese homeland is close and their numbers are staggering.
00:56The People's Liberation Army wields undeniable might in Tajikistan.
01:02Operating in such close proximity began as a necessity of the mission based on pure geography.
01:09It was supposed to be nothing more than a footnote, something of which to be keenly aware.
01:16It has since become the headline, at least for the men on the ground.
01:21If the hope of the US was to let diplomacy and prudence set the agenda and keep the peace with
01:27China, that hope has been shattered.
01:29The marines have gone from being a security force for Tajikistan to what the Chinese view as a lingering pest.
01:37The PLA seeks to swat the American military away as if they were flies hovering around China's dinner plate.
01:43While it's not what America's troops expected, this is the situation.
01:49Regardless, they are still marines.
01:52They must reassess.
01:55They had better adapt.
01:57Or they will not survive.
02:09One of the worst dilemmas in any battle is to be confronted by a foe equal in technology, yet vastly
02:15superior in numbers.
02:19This is not the war they wanted, but this is the war they must fight.
02:25This war was worse than astem.
02:31The war came to Р kind ofnaments.
02:35Quote, being said brothers, a new weapon.
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