CDR SALAMANDER: The PRC’s Preparation of the Battlefield. “Conditioning is one of the oldest techniques we humans use against each other. Either we learned it from domesticating animals, or we used the techniques learned in domesticating animals against the top animal in the wild – our fellow humans. You get the target of your attentions used to either your presence or a specific activity that comes and goes on a regular basis. A few cycles of it happening and eventually it just becomes part of the environment – hardly noticed at all.”

Plus: “So, what do we see this month west of Wake? The People’s Republic of China already has a larger navy than the United States of America and is not slowing down their building and modernization. She has a plan. She has a list, and we know what is at the top once conditions are ripe.”