America Cannot Take on China and Russia Simultaneously
I&#x27;m an American living in Taiwan and I am concerned about the risk of China&#x27;s aggression in the region, even if it stops short of a full invasion of Taiwan. I do happen to think that an attack or invasion is more likely than many &quot;experts&quot; suggest publicly, and could come sooner than they expect.<p>This said, I found the author&#x27;s language curious:<p>&gt; ...and what appears to be an increasingly imminent Chinese invasion of Taiwan.<p>Does he even know what &quot;imminent&quot; means?<p>Some of his other arguments are incredibly hyperbolic:<p>&gt; If the United States continues its high-risk policy of military brinkmanship with Russia and China, the outcome, however unthinkable, might be an Armageddon that results in the end of our nation.<p>The end of our nation? Are China and Russia going to invade the US? Are they going to annihilate the US?<p>This author believes that the threat of an EMP attack against the US is &quot;very real&quot; and that the US is losing &quot;the nuclear arms race&quot;[2].<p>While I certainly don&#x27;t think it&#x27;s unreasonable to consider dire scenarios, I&#x27;d also suggest that the author might be making a huge mistake in assuming that China and Russia are dangerous because they&#x27;re stronger than the US when it&#x27;s quite possible that they&#x27;re dangerous for exactly the opposite reason[3][4].<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nationalinterest.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;buzz&#x2F;threat-emp-attack-very-real-105112" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nationalinterest.org&#x2F;blog&#x2F;buzz&#x2F;threat-emp-attack-ver...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nationalinterest.org&#x2F;feature&#x2F;russia-and-china-are-already-winning-nuclear-arms-race-194527" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;nationalinterest.org&#x2F;feature&#x2F;russia-and-china-are-al...</a><p>[3] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;foreignpolicy.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;09&#x2F;24&#x2F;china-great-power-united-states&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;foreignpolicy.com&#x2F;2021&#x2F;09&#x2F;24&#x2F;china-great-power-unite...</a><p>[4] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rferl.org&#x2F;a&#x2F;us-intel-russia-declining-disruptive-power-&#x2F;31194504.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.rferl.org&#x2F;a&#x2F;us-intel-russia-declining-disruptive...</a>