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A nuclear armed Japan & Taiwan would go along way to deterring China. Nor would the US forces leave the region if East Asia was "nuclearized", which is a completely ridiculous and uneducated assumption. US forces did not leave Western Europe when Russia and Eastern Europe were "nuclearized". What ended the cold war was a decision by the U.S. & Western Europe to go for mass "nuclearization", thanks to the leadership of Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher.

A nuclear armed Japan & Taiwan would expose China for the true Paper Tiger it really is. It would be the best thing to happen to the region in 50 years.

Nor would the US forces leave the region if East Asia was "nuclearized", which is a completely ridiculous and uneducated assumption. US forces did not leave Western Europe when Russia and Eastern Europe were "nuclearized".

Your analogy does not make sense. Russia and Eastern Europe are not in Western Europe. Japan, China and South Korea are all in East Asia. Japan and South Korea having their own nuclear program would be like Germany and Italy having their own nukes. A nuclear armed Japan would do nothing to expose China as a paper tiger. If you think otherwise, please list your reasons. A nuclear armed Taiwan would not happen, period. It's a complete fantasy to think China would tolerate a nuclear Taiwan; no credible US official is even discussing this possibility today. A nuclear Taiwan is the equivalent to China of a nuclear Cuba to the US. It's not gonna happen. Sure it sounds good, but let's be real.