A Taiwan bloodbath might suit US decision-makers just fine
Wargames point to heavy losses in a conflict with China, but that’s unlikely to discourage America’s war advocates
Most sane human beings would shudder to think about the carnage that would result from a US-China war over Taiwan. For the warmongers and military-industrial-complex profiteers in Washington, the bloody prospects are something to contemplate and calculate with a mixture of anticipation and opportunism.
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