If someone attacks the United States, I can’t wait to hear folks say we’re
warmongers because we won’t surrender.
It doesn’t matter if Putin thinks he can win. That doesn’t flip who started
the war and who is still the invading force on another nation’s territory.
A defending military effort is NEVER the aggressor force. It is NEVER the
focus of who is extending the war.
As for Taiwan, I’ve never been under the impression we were going to
try to prevent China from invading it.
Even Taiwan’s own officials talk of unifying at some point. Now those may be
rogue political figures, but I don’t hear a lot of pushback when they make
those comments.
That causes me to be less likely to support defending them.
Why should we get involved to prevent what they even see as a natural
progression over time?
As for Taiwan, if the US does not prevent China from invading it, the more fools you. Peaceably reuniting with China after a few decades of give and take negotiations in the real world would be one thing. But if China invades, you will suddenly find your standard of living greatly diminished, and they will not stop there, either. They’re already occupying Tibet, enslaving and exterminating Uighers, persecuting Christians and Fulon Gong hobbyists. Once they’ve got Taiwan and all its microchip industry, they will not stop there, and you’d have a hard time stopping them, without any microchips. What would be next? Sri Lanka, which just imploded, South Korea, Japan, Australia? It would start with Taiwan.
“If someone attacks the United States, I can’t wait to hear folks say we’re
warmongers because we won’t surrender.”
Those right-wing extremist Wolverines continue to prolong the conflict with their guerilla warfare. Kenyanese mountain gorillas say that they resent the cultural appropriation./s