tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post4849631416360146753..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: Daily Links, May 7, 2012Michael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-70508333646711055052012-05-08T01:40:53.276+08:002012-05-08T01:40:53.276+08:00One other reason for the disconnect between US act...One other reason for the disconnect between US actions re Sino-Filipino relations and Sino-Formosan relations is that the US Pacific strategy is shifting to defense in depth.<br /><br />Most of US striking power is now being concentrated at Australia, Guam, and Hawaii, rather than Okinawa, Korea, and the Phillipines. This doesn't demonstrate any indication of a withdrawal from the region; rather that the US is simply acknowledging military reality. Forward deployment against a near-peer competitor poses unacceptably high risks of losing too much hardware against a first strike. In that regard, the Futenma is an anachronism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com