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Gustav Wolfe's avatar

America’s strategy of deterrence and preserving the status quo comes down again to the same issues other we faced in previous war as America found itself pursuing negative war aims instead of positive outcomes which makes it hard for the population to continue to support the war effort.

But that brings me to the question, if American were to go to war against China, what positive war aims can we expect to achieve when it comes to China?

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B. A. Friedman's avatar

That’s the right question, but I think the answer is none. We can keep China from conquering the Philippines and Japan and probably Taiwan. But I think we lack the capacity to achieve a positive goal like regime change.

Not that they necessarily want to conquer the Philippines or Japan, but we have treaty obligations to defend them that can’t be ignored.

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