US-RMI engaged in spat?
![Marshall Islands High School students engage in a tug-of-war during their recent field day. The writer contends that the RMI is not engaged in a “spat” with the US, as postulated by a headline writer for the Associated Press last weekend. But the Marshall Islands does have issues that need to be addressed beyond grant aid and the trust fund. Photo: Wilmer Joel. US-RMI engaged in spat?](https://i0.wp.com/marshallislandsjournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/sp-MIHS-field-12-3.jpg?resize=750%2C350&ssl=1)
GIFF JOHNSONEditorial comment The United States is a clear but unfocused partner of the Marshall Islands. “Unfocused” in contrast to China, its primary competitor in the region. On the one hand, there are countless US Congress people and administration officials jumping up and down about the increasing importance of the “Indo-Pacific” region (by the way, […]