And the Chicoms watch all of this and derive their conclusions from it.
Don’t get me wrong. I am not saying we should have done anything in Ukraine beyond the political, because the Chicoms have their own timetable for Taiwan that is independent of this.
This just makes it easier for the Chicoms to plan, that’s all.
Yep, it is one thing to think the US is weak but it is another to watch Russia take advantage of it and prove it. We are the proverbial Paper Tiger.