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Should The U.S. Avoid War Against China At All Cost?
‘There is no rational scenario in which the United States could end up in a better, more secure place after a war with China. ‘ Photograph: Taiwan Ministry Of National Defense
Lt Col Daniel L Davis (ret), The Guardian: The US must avoid war with China over Taiwan at all costs
The prevailing mood among Washington insiders is to fight if China attempts to conquer Taiwan. That would be a mistake
Since last Friday, the People’s Republic of China has launched a total of 155 warplanes – the most ever over four consecutive days – into Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone; Ned Price said the state department was “very concerned”. There have been more than 500 such
Before war comes to the Indo-Pacific and Washington faces pressure to fight a potentially existential war, American policymakers must face the cold, hard reality that fighting China over Taiwan risks an almost-certain military defeat – and gambles we won’t stumble into a nuclear war.
Bluntly put, America should refuse to be drawn into a no-win war with Beijing. It needs to be said up front: there would be no palatable choice for Washington if China finally makes good on its decades-long threat to take Taiwan by force. Either choose a bad, bitter-tasting outcome or a self-destructive one in which our existence is put at risk.
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WNU Editor: Appeasement rarely works. It only makes the aggressor want more. But Lt Col Daniel L Davis (ret) is not the only one questioning the value of the U.S. going to war against China over Taiwan. Patrick Buchanan has been questioning this U.S. foreign policy for years .... Are the US and China Stumbling Toward an ‘Islands War’? (Patrick Buchanan).
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