Not even far , to be honest <| sep |> our rightsourNote the phrasing <| sep |> He has an interesting story , I ' ve heard him speak before . I think the problem with his model is it oversimplifies too much . There ' s not much specifics about his theory , which makes it harder to argue , but at the same time makes it less significant . It ' s mainstream historian view that the U . S . tried to stay out of WW 2 . In the case of Japan , most people accept Pearl Harbour as the reason . His theory is the U . S . should have jumped at the chance to keep a peer from rising , long before the point Japan and Germany reached . The Monroe Doctrine didn ' t really kick any Europeans out . Not only was the hold on Latin American colonies already near its deathbed , but it also stated the U . S . wouldn ' t interfere . The Cuban Missile Crisis , again he paints it to his theory that the U . S . wouldn ' t tolerate Soviet presence in the Western Hemisphere . The Soviets wanted to put missiles there because America invaded Cuba and put missiles in Europe sound familiar ? . The negotiated agreement that ended the crisis addressed both concerns , no U . S . invasion of Cuba and dismantled some missiles in Europe . Why that is a win for the U . S . I have no idea . You can ' t fault him for squeezing in examples to support his theory , but he squeezes them a lot . They are definitely not solid supports . There wasn ' t much specifics besides those examples . He theorizes on a coalition to counter balance China . People have been theorizing that since the South China Sea disputes started years ago . How ' s that working out so far . ASEAN has trouble issuing statements . That ' s how low on the ladder of significance we are talking about these days . There are only a few disputed territories in the SCS . The Paracel Islands Chinese controlled , the Spratly multi control , China has biggest presence after land reclamation and Scarborough Shoal Chineseish controlled , recent rapprochement with Philippines might have changed it . The other territories like Pratas and Macclesfield Bank is only disputed between China and Taiwan . So if the speculation is anybody is going to attack China over those islands , then why haven ' t they tried it already ? China already built up to the dominant presence in all disputed areas of the SCS . How much longer are we going to wait for this fantasy coalition to attack ? Should have did it when Aquino was in charge of the Philippines . You keep waiting and people like Duterte pop up . What are they waiting for ? Maritime Law Enforcement Combatants Comparison was back in 2015 . The gap isn ' t getting any better . If it is not attack then what is it ? Patrols ? That doesn ' t change the scales at all . The U . S . has already sailed around and there ' s been no change on the ground . If anything , China ' s put more build up since those patrols started . So I really don ' t know where that is supposed to be going . Moving goal posts says it is now about freedom of navigation . It was originally about control of disputed islands . If it is not about China ' s presence on disputed territory anymore then fantastic , wish they made it more clear and just said so . I think that is one thing I would like to see in his lectures . More questions on actual specifics , without them these big theory discussions tend drift further and further away from reality . Spends too much time in his head , not enough looking at what is actually happening .