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The troops stationed there are not meant to hold off a mainland invasion by themselves. The presence of US troops means that if China attacks, the USA is going
by whythre 3y ago
The troops stationed there are not meant to hold off a mainland invasion by themselves.
The presence of US troops means that if China attacks, the USA is going to suffer military casualties, so there is almost certainly going to be war between the CCP and the US.
Without US troop presence, things are more ambiguous.
- The_Colonel 3y agoIt's called "Tripwire force". https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force
- wolverine876 3y agoThese are trainers (if that article is correct - I have no idea of their credibility), not a tripwire force.
- whythre 3y agoThe two are not mutually exclusive. If China invades and kills US soldiers in the process, training team or no, that’s still gonna be casus belli for the US.
- wolverine876 3y agoI don't think so. Iranian proxies and others have killed US soldiers recently without starting a war.
- pyuser583 3y agoThe US had a training team in Georgia when Russia invaded. The trainers turned themselves over to the Russians, and were interred (at the Ritz) as neutral soldiers. A training team can be a tripwire, or not. Again, ambiguity.