QuoteIt definitely would inspire the Chinese to take over Taiwan and the South China Sea if we had the military bogged down Vz
For sure that, the whole world would smell America's overextended weakness and take advantage of it. But as far as thinking that far ahead goes, the people who are actually doing the deciding can't look that far ahead. That would involve neural circuits they never use. They only look at what is good for themselves.
Would it distract from the Epstein files? No, but somebody might think so.
* At this point I'm even wondering if I am in the Epstein files, and I have never even been to the Virgin Islands or on a private plane.