Originally posted by WABs_OOE
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The US will not be suckered into someone else's territorial dispute. The US will defend its vital sea trade lanes.
He's ok if China with a defense budget of $200 billion has only one Senkaku to show for it : D
But it stops there.
He's not against a military response so blockade could be on the table but wants extra options
The current conflict with Iran should serve as the example. Trump is ready to bomb Iran. It was others who talked him out of it when intel could not confirm it was the Iranians who planted those mines.
Michael is referring here to Trump's first order questioning of the value of alliances. eg. NATO expansion or defending islands.
The questions are fine just that they need to not be voiced in public otherwise it gives opponents the wrong idea.
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