I can not in good conscience refrain from asking the Foundation management and Board to please take an exceptional, public, very visible stand in response to these extraordinarily exceptional circumstances.

Top officials from the US and China say war between the nations is "no doubt" a "reality."  

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/01/29/us-china-war-increasingly-a-reality-chinese-army-official-says.html 

https://www.aol.com/article/news/2017/02/01/trumps-chief-strategist-steve-bannon-no-doubt-the-us-will-be/21704928/

If those of you who find my requests uncomfortable do not know how to program your email clients to hide them from you, I will gladly help you off-list.