America's mission to defend Taiwan is shaping up to be a lonely one.
“They are not where they need to be from the civil defense perspective,” said the defense source. “And are they making investments in electric-grid resilience? No. It’s shockingly bad.”
There has been “discussion about creating a national guard, but there are major failings in these programs,” agreed Alex Neill, an adjunct fellow at Pacific Forum. “And demographics inThat puts American GIs in the hot seat to deal with a determined Chinese attack.
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