There's a lot more to the American defensive posture in the Pacific than threatening PRC with MAD if they invade Taiwan.

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DSingularity 5 days ago | parent [-]

American defensive posture can center around Hawaii and mainland USA will be just fine.

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FuriouslyAdrift 5 days ago | parent [-]

Sure if we just compelety ignore our treaty partners in Japan, Philipines, India, Korea and US territories in Guam, Samoa, Marianas... or bases like Diego Garcia.

	▲	tencentshill 5 days ago \| parent \| next [-]
		But what have they done for Trump lately?
	▲	criddell 5 days ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		That certainly doesn't sound as unlikely as it once did...