| ▲ | green_wheel an hour ago | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
It's hard to overstate how poorly this whole thing was thought out and executed. They obviously had no plan for what we'd do when Iran seized the strait. This is going to go down as the definitive beginning of the decline leading to the eventual end of US global hegemony. To think anyone ever mentioned defending Taiwan from China lol | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | fifilura an hour ago | parent | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
> To think anyone ever mentioned defending Taiwan from China lol There are still countries willing to defend democracy out there - Ukraine/Europe/Canada/Japan/S-Korea/Australia. Just not USA. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bell-cot 13 minutes ago | parent | prev | next [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Your phrasing implies that someone with real authority tried to think it out, and had realistic plans. Vs. I see an angry, frustrated C-in-C, who has maybe a 1-move look ahead, playing out his emotions. Hopefully he is too weak to flip the chess board. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | bpodgursky an hour ago | parent | prev [-] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Well, Iran is a huge mess, but in terms of strategic lessons, it actually tips the balance closer to "Taiwan, with US help and proper preparation, can deny China control of the strait of Taiwan" (and vice versa, of course). It's clear that asymmetric warfare is good now at denying access to ocean and turning it into no-man's-zone. In a lot of ways, helping defending Taiwan (a very well-scoped objective, "do not let China land troops") would have been a lot easier than convincing a nation of 90 million to just roll over and give up rather than chucking drones across the gulf every so often. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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