In the most recent RAND report, they recommend the US to face reality and give up Taiwan

[52051]

In the most recent RAND report: Future Threats and Some Considerations for the Next U.S. National Defense Strategy, the thinktank believe the US should retreat their presence in the world stage somewhat.

They believe nowadays the US consider lots of world issues that has little to do with the core interests of US as "threat", and some of these "threats" need to be carefully re-evaluated.

They believe a point of no return has already long passed for the US to contain China's rise, the US need to face reality and learn to co-exist with China, and recognize China's sphere of influence, instead of challenge them at huge costs that US could not bare.

They also believe, by recognizing China's sphere of influence, US should reduce their commitment in Taiwan issue, to protect Taiwan at all cost will most likely cost the US's global influence, instead the US should provide aids and military equipments to suport Taiwan, but wont come to a war with China, in times of crisis.

They also recommend to reduce the US involvement in Diaoyu Island issue of Japan, they believe even if Japan lost Diaoyu island to China in a war, the US-Japan alliance wont be weakened, actually maybe strengthened, so no harm to US core interests either.

All in all, RAND recommend the US to reduce its presence in the world stage, focus more on issues that has very strong tie to their own core interests, and focus more on nuclear force to protect their national security/defense.

The RAND report: https://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP68467.html
Chinese source: https://lt.cjdby.net/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=2696547&extra=page=1

 

[Paul2]

Swedish Defense Research Agency

Not RAND it is

 

[Titanium100]

If Taiwan is sacrificed then Japan and South Korea are also on their own.. South Korea actully recently put up THAAD defensive systems everything could back fire and all of sudden now they are left alone with China and KIM

 

[zectech]

I don't trust this.

Saddam was told by the "US state department" of Bush Sr. that if Saddam settles the Kuwait border dispute in favour of the Iraqis, that the US would look the other way, that in a war between Iraq and Kuwait - the US would not take sides. NY Times called this "US gave Iraq little reason not to mount Kuwait assault".

CONFRONTATION IN THE GULF; U.S. Gave Iraq Little Reason Not to Mount Kuwait Assault (Published 1990)

www.nytimes.com

The USA baited the Japanese with the Oil Embargo and leaving Pearl Harbor deliberately vulnerable.

US tried to get a gulf of tonkin debacle. And when this was not possible, USA lies into a war.

So this RAND paper is not trust worthy.

US is still about warmongering and false flagging and terrorism and genocide. Especially the MIC.

What the wait is over, Biden's team is not crazy warmonger as trump was. RAND could be waiting for 2025 for their war.

As I stated last year, the Dems continue the policies of the Republicans. So biden calls Uighur issue a genocide. biden is dragging feet over returning to JCPOA. biden is held hostage to trump policies. As any Dem is. This is a per-arrangement. It is why the Dems don't let Bernie become President. It is why the 2016 democratic nomination was rigged against Bernie.

Court Concedes DNC Had the Right to Rig Primaries Against Sanders

The court affirmed that the DNC and Debbie Wasserman Schultz held a palpable bias in favor Hillary Clinton.

observer.com

There is no democracy in the US, the oligarchs pick the candidates and pick them to piss off one voting block to get their favourite candidate of trump in. This failed. biden did not piss off the berniebros enough. Enough leftists supported biden to get rid of trump. So the deepstate plan to get trump in a second time failed (for now). The cia even tried a color revolution with the capitol insurrection. That failed.

So with those deepstate events to start a war with China in trumps second term in the white house, this RAND article is a strategic retreat during bidens term. The USA war drums are not finished.

 

[CAPRICORN-88]

Get real. Histories taught us that USA is an opportunist and has always acted in its own self interest.

If Japan did not attack Pearl Harbor, USA would not have even joined WW2 in Asia.

Even the Flying Tigers were US volunteers and were there to keep the supplies route to the British army in Burma opened.

For most part of the war, they were shooting birds in the morning in the Pacifoc islands.
When lunch or dinner bells rang, they all left in a hurry in order not to miss their favorite ice-cream treat airflown from the mainland.

In Okinawa, these American kid soldiers were coaxed into believing that Japanese soldiers were weakling. They were told that retaking the island will be a piece of cake.
They have a taste of real battle and war in Asia for the first time. Despite their overwhelming firepower, the enemy will not surrendered.

Probably 100 million Asians died durong WW2, where was USA then?

When the Japanese War Machine industrialised bases in North East China falls To the communist army, Japan has lost its ability to wage war, towards the end of the war, General MacArthur with a great propaganda showing landed in Philippines .screaming aloud, I have returned.
Only to be humiliated in the Korea War by Chinese Volunteer Army.

"Save Asia, save the world" some Americans claimed.

My reply was: like hell you did. There were mass graves with 10,000 headless corpses all over Asia and not one was an American.

So stop the baloney.

USA defending Taiwan????
Risking the destruction of Kadena base, Guam or Hawaii. Not likely