Before Ukraine: The Neocons told us that being involved in Ukraine would scare the hell out of China and thus they would not attack Taiwan (or at least discourage them from doing so). China would see how our Glitzy Weapons from our DEI-infused, Woke, and Gender-Queer military would make MINCED MEAT out of those pesky Russians.
Now China’s thinking after watching the war: “Uh, looks like taking Taiwan will be a lot easier than we thought”
Thank goodness, our shortcomings have been exposed before we went off against the Chicoms and saw two or three of our carriers on the bottom of the South China Sea.