As pointed out elsewhere China is making aggressive moves towards Taiwan, a strategic ally of the US. It doesn’t seem credible to suggest that if the US just c

As pointed out elsewhere China is making aggressive moves towards Taiwan, a strategic ally of the US. It doesn’t seem credible to suggest that if the US just closed its bases, China and others wouldn’t try to expand their own spheres of military influence. I’m not suggesting that the US is a benign power. Only that it is not ‘the aggressor’ in a world full of innocent victims who just want to be left alone. There are multiple aggressive powers all acting in their own interests, and China and the US are the most powerful of them.