US has its Taiwan to mess China with

And not VOILA, China has Cuba to mess US with:

http://en.people.cn/n3/2017/0331/c90000-9197583.html

In this day and age, the lesson to learn is: 

do not drive your Abrams tank and churn up the lawn of someone else's mansion, when you yourself live in a mansion of your own with your own precious lawn.