Lessons From Ukraine: Why America Shouldn’t Fight for Taiwan

 via National Interest

While current U.S. policy should prioritize diplomacy with Beijing and arm Taipei to deter aggression, it is vital to plan for such a contingency in order to respond wisely rather than allow emotion to guide policy. The U.S. response to the ongoing war in Ukraine provides insight into the prudence and folly of certain reactions.

Military restraint is the most critical lesson of the U.S. response to the war in Ukraine, and U.S. leaders would be wise to allow the same logic to guide a response to a Chinese attack on Taiwan. The Biden administration, and European allies located much closer to Ukraine, rightfully concluded that direct military conflict with Russia is not in the cards. While the United States is sympathetic to the unfortunate circumstances Ukrainians find themselves in, the war is not America’s to fight. Ukraine does not ultimately warrant sacrificing American lives in a conventional conflict with Russia, nor is it worth risking nuclear escalation.

Likewise, Americans may be sympathetic to the very real threat Taiwan faces from a much larger neighboring power. However, a U.S.-China war would bring about the same unacceptable risks of high casualties and an acute threat of nuclear exchange. Therefore, as the United States has avoided direct military conflict with Russia on behalf of Ukraine, it must also avoid direct military conflict with China on behalf of Taiwan.

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They're taking baby steps but they're coming around to my position.

The greatness of US military power is acknowledged worldwide.  WE MUST accept its limitations too!

Next on the agenda?  Turn off the war in Ukraine, rebuild the Wilson doctrine/shore up our own backyard (which will end this crazy illegal migration), bring home the troops from the frontier and only deploy them where it is necessary for our own interests--not just to reassure allies that won't foot the bill to defend themselves.