Reactionaries would unironically say this in the most matter-of-fact way possible

This is the second deranged piece they put out on this topic, after this one (probably the same thing though, given the dates).

The United States needs strategic clarity toward Taiwan, including an explicit pledge to defend Taiwan from an unprovoked Chinese invasion

Ok cool, so that means they won’t lift a finger, right, because it says “unprovoked”? 🤡

prevent a conventional war that could escalate

consider extending its [US] nuclear umbrella over Taiwan

So they recommend avoiding conventional war and threatening to fire nukes first - sounds like them admitting (again) that they can’t beat China in a conventional war. Yet they’re so unhinged and trigger-happy about nukes.

plan for possible US nuclear use, and help prepare Taiwan to operate effectively after a nuclear detonation

Fucking ghouls. Basically “Make sure we can still use the island for military operations after we get it glassed”. They’re ready to irreparably damage Taiwan even more than they’ve enabled in Ukraine.

Just how much influence does the Atlantic Council have over NATO decisions? From what I heard, it’s fair to say “a lot” but I couldn’t find much info. Do these people end up taking important positions in NATO?

I would’ve said their brains got molten by too much Hearts of Iron 4, but this land grab argument is way more prevalent than that game

The irony is so glaring, it drives me insane when I hear people argue like this and others just agree with not a flicker of doubt or self-reflection

Ask any shitlib what Russia would gain from invading NATO countries, or what China would gain from invading Taiwan. I bet they’ll struggle to explain it any other way than something to the effect of “Putin/Xi is evil”

I seriously want to hear what arguments they have which don’t boil down to “brainwashed country follows evil dictator into senseless war”

Whoever wrote that vile piece of digital toilet paper must’ve initially added two lightning bolt emojis next to each other before it got redacted

Nah, thanks for taking the time to write all of this. It’s a lot to unpack and a lot of it is relatable to where I have lived, even though not always to the same extreme

You can add the Eastern/Balkan EU countries to the list unfortunately. Plenty of people here looked up to the US as some shining city on a hill even before the fall of the Eastern Bloc

That’s not too bad, almost sounds like Buenos Aires

At first I was sure someone messed up Trump’s name

the average American is raised by our system to be debilitatingly cowardly and weak of mind and body

I’m not USian so I’m curious what you’re referring to, do you have some specific examples for why you say this?