CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY (Grant Newsham) - Wartime-level Northern Marianas typhoon hit tests US commitment
Originally published by Asia Times
FEMA needs to do its job well – but especially carefully, since the commonwealth is a place where money can disappear One hears a lot recently that the United States lacks the wherewithal or the bandwidth to protect its allies, partners and interests in the Asia-Pacific owing to demands of the Iran War. This is said within the context of America deterring or defeating potential Chinese aggression. It’s not just timorous American allies who wonder. US citizens in the US territory of the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) are wondering as well. Super Typhoon Sinlaku plowed through CNMI and its main islands, Saipan, Tinian and Rota last week, causing widespread destruction. FEMA (Federal Emergency Management…Open