The lack of a U.S. carrier in the Pacific may be short-lived if the Navy deploys another in the next couple of months. But it shows how the open-ended operations with Iran are running some American sailors ragged, analysts say, while the Trump administration further retreats from the Asia-Pacific region and focuses on the Western Hemisphere.
“The administration says that the Pacific is supposed to be the most important behind the Western Hemisphere,” said Greg Poling, director of the Southeast Asia Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Instead, the U.S. is “doing the exact opposite” of its previously expressed goal of pulling out of the Middle East.
Look at a a map of Taiwan in relation to China. Taiwan is tiny, and it’s right off the coast. If China wants it, there is no stopping them. We’re certainly not going to stop them with our 6000 mile supply line, and the dumbest people to ever operate a country since Caligula.
I know you’ve been conditioned to think that everything that happens in the world (both good and bad) is because of the USA. But read my post again. I’m actually talking about Taiwan’s capabilities on it’s own.
You need to look at a map. Note that Taiwan is an island. Kinda like how Britain is an island. There was a time when some authoritarian asshole controlled most of Europe and since you love looking at maps, note that the English Channel is far narrower than the Taiwan Strait. So what does your map based analysis say about Britain’s chances against the Nazis? What about their chances against Napoleon?
It might be harder to take over an island than you think. It all depends on how hard the people on that island are willing to fight.