[Tom Chandler talks to Chinese President Peng about the rollout of vaccines in Asia]
China is still a great nation.
President Michener hoped that you would be our partner in this endeavor.
And we are. But there is only so much we can do. We are under constant attack by warlords, pirates, and our own neighbors. Vietnam continues to confront us on our southern borders. And what does America do to help, Captain? You deliver more cure to my enemies.
I think you got the wrong idea. Nathan James landed in sovereign Vietnamese territory on a humanitarian mission.
A humanitarian mission. And yet you deliver the cure using a guided missile destroyer. So tell me, Captain, do I really have the wrong idea?
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