A shining example of what an American partisan dupe is. An East European oligarchy, that had its government overthrown, that had a civil war because of that, that for the last centuries was part of Russia, a half population of which is speaking Russian, and where a great deal of people in the breakaway regions associate themselves with Russia - is a 'democracy' whose territorial integrity is of the main concern for America.
But SE Asia is not - wrong democracies, too far, not American business etc.
America should pack their shit and get out from Eastern Europe, SE Asia, the Middle East and other regions where it doesn't belong and only causes additional troubles.
That Ukraine overthrew a government that had murdered its citizens, and that's why the Maidan Revolution happened. Nowhere near half the population spoke Russian. The issue wasn't even the Russian Speaking areas, as the Russians had already taken Crimea, and the Donbas were de facto independent. It was Putin deciding he was going to conquer the whole of Ukraine that was the problem, because that was a violation of international law. Territorial integrity is a major concern of the whole world.
South East Asia, on the other hand, fighting over some tiny Islands that barely stick up out of the water is hardly a concern of the US, especially since the two countries involved have no love for the US. We are going to go in there to fight for Vietnam? You mean the Same Vietnam that killed 56,000 American soldiers telling us to get out of the region?
Sorry, we gave you quite enough, thank you very much.
Or the Philippines, who told us to get out after our lease on Subic Bay and Clark Airfield expired? After we had liberated them from both the Spanish and the Japanese? These are the people you want to throw down for over a crappy little Island that barely sticks out of the water?
Taiwan, of course, is quite a different issue. We have ALREADY CONCEDED that it is indeed a part of China. They claim to be part of China. That Taiwan is China isn't even an issue in dispute on a diplomatic sense. The only question is, should the people of Taiwan submit to rule by the mainland.
Final note- I should point out that Vietnam and the Philippines do far more trade with China than they do with the US at this point. So it seems that they are happy to have our military lay down their lives for them, but they won't open their wallets for us.
