2. Americans don't love South Korea and Japan enough to go die for them. You'd have to be insane to believe that.

3. Hong Kong is still a different system last I visited (2024).

Well, South Korea and Japan being involved would just be one factor that makes justification even easier. The real reason would be national and global security. It's in the interest of preservation of freedom. You don't wait until the enemy is at your doorstep, because that means you allowed them to snowball an avalanche at you. You meet them at their doorstep before they've gained full momentum.

	▲	aurareturn 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Do people still believe it’s about freedom?

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sarabande 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Could you please consider making your points without "you'd have to be insane/an idiot to believe X"?

	▲	aurareturn 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Fair enough.