The United States Should Avoid Waging a Two-Front Cold War

[rangerrebew]

The United States Should Avoid Waging a Two-Front Cold War
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By Francis P. Sempa
January 03, 2022
Public Domain

The Biden administration appears to be heading in the direction of waging a two-front Cold War over Ukraine in Eastern Europe and Taiwan in East Asia, both of which could turn "hot" any day. The imprudence of such an approach should be obvious, but the great danger is that such "crises" could get out of hand before the leaders involved step back from the brink.

Russia's Vladimir Putin may want to extend Russia's rule to Ukraine and other former Soviet republics, but he definitely wants to ensure the end of NATO expansion. China's Xi Jinping, like all of his predecessors, wants Taiwan unified with the mainland, and while he would prefer to do it peacefully, he may be willing to risk war with the United States to achieve his goal--especially if he believes he can win such a war at an acceptable cost.

That leaves the Biden administration, which to date has been sending mixed signals to both Russia and China. Administration spokespersons have warned of severe consequences should Russia invade Ukraine, but President Biden has stated that those consequences will be primarily economic in the form of sanctions. Meanwhile, President Biden has stated that the United States will defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese attack, but administration spokespersons have walked that back and reaffirmed the U.S. policy of “strategic ambiguity.” This is a recipe for confusion, misunderstanding, and possibly war on two fronts.

https://www.realcleardefense.com/articles/2022/01/03/the_united_states_should_avoid_waging_a_two-front_cold_war_810260.html

[dfwgator]

We got our own war at home.  The enemy is in Washington DC.

[rangerrebew]

I would NEVER  suggest that is exactly what Russian and China, by teaming, are trying to push Biden toward.  And they'll likely succeed.

[rangerrebew]

We got our own war at home.  The enemy is in Washington DC.

And NYC, Chicago, Los Angeles, Minneapolis, Seattle, Portland, Detroit, along with every sanctuary state.

[The_Reader_David]

Too bad the nitwits in Foggy Bottom from 1992 onward didn't have this insight.  Instead they continued to treat Yeltsin's Russia as an enemy, rather than forging an alliance, continued to treat Russia as an enemy when Putin first gained the Presidency and had not yet become implacably anti-Western. 

The most fundamental principle of international relations, known to Kissinger, Metternich, Talleyrand, and almost every British Foreign Secretary and Byzantine Emperor during the heights of power of their respective empires, but seemingly lost on our diplomatic corps, is to position oneself closer to every potential adversary than they are to each other.  Instead we had pushed Russia, China and Iran together, so that each of them has better relations with the others than they do with us.  There is a good chance that if the American Republic ends soon, it will be that error, rather than wokeness that does us in.

[DefiantMassRINO]

Why are we still doing business with China?

Our globalist overlords could easily re-locate their multinational corporate forced labor camps sweat shops factories to $h!thole countries in the Americas.