Actually, it's a good thing that that mindset (that the Soviets were suicidal) prevailed. If we had, instead, adopted a more lackadaisical attitude towards the Soviet threat, we might have enacted different policies, and the Soviet Empire might still be here today.
I, for one, am GLAD that President Reagan launched the Strategic Defense Initiative (vulgo: the "Star Wars" Program).
Hysteria would have been inappropriate, but it was only due to our very staunch stance towards the Russkies that the "Evil Empire" outspent itself and, eventually, bled out.
So, in a way, you were actually wrong, HKMk23.
Regards,
Beat me to it.
+1
Besides, how would it be “suicidal” for China to invade Taiwan? The Soviets invaded a completely separate country when they tried to annex Afghanistan. Taiwan is merely a renegade internal province that has never declared independence.
Somehow Taiwan thinks their fight against China is worth American lives but not Taiwanese lives. It’s already a quagmire and shooting hasn’t even started yet.
Once we luze 2 aircraft carriers with their resulting radioactive plume on CNN for all to see, America will withdraw from the fight.