My fear—Our enemies are in Cahoots. They might plan something together to act in concert. On same day—Iran attacks Israel, Egypt attacks Israel, North Korea attacks south Korea, China moves on her islands or attacks Taiwan, Cuba hits Jamaica, Russia moves on Georgia or Belarus. Then what do we do?
Good time for enemies to make a move while Obummer is distracted so I think your scenario is a realistic one. What to do? Help Israel if possible and other than that, hunker down and defend our shores.
Friends in Taiwan tell me they don’t expect our help.
South Korea can burn for all I care. We use our resources to help Israel and Georgia.
easy!
Obama would send out several strongly worded letters with checks enclosed for a billion each.
Obama will want to weigh all options and think about it for 48 hours and then after a round of golf make a hard and crucial decision.
North Korea attacks South Korea: Not much more we can do, but the SK military is very tough. I'm not at all sure China would allow NK to do this - they might take action themselves to defend their big trading partner SK. NK is like a wild dog China likes to use to terrify the neighbors, but they know they have little control over the dog and will put it down if they have to.
China moves on her islands or attacks Taiwan: Nothing we can do in either case. But again, barring a military coup, China's leadership isn't going to mess up the good economic thing they have going just to plant a different flag on a nearby hill. Taiwan will rejoin China within the next 25 years or so, no matter what happens, and Beijing knows it.
Cuba hits Jamaica: Obama wouldn't do anything - but any other President would smash Cuba - fast. That's too close to our borders.
Russia moves on Georgia or Belarus: With Georgia, we try to mediate and stop the fighting as fast as possible - with Belarus, we do nothing: Putin is better than Lukashenko. The US has exactly zero ability to influence affairs in Russia's sphere of influence, and we shouldn't waste resources trying.