Are They Trying to Lose?

 The recent confirmation of American troops in Taiwan has me thinking USG is trying to lose.  Our government has not done the things that one would have presumably needed to do in order to protect Taiwan- it would have taken multiple decades and one look at the map would tell you it may have still not worked.  If we weren't the empire that wants to pretend it isn't an empire, we would have just used Taiwan as a staging ground for invading the mainland, possibly the only real way to keep whatever promises we threw out there. 

But that was decades ago.  Now we already have plenty of  military simulations on how we would fail miserably if we tried to protect Taiwan.  It's been known to the military strategist types for years.

China has maintained it wanted to reunite with Taiwan peacefully, and has- so far- not done anything to make me question that statement- within the context, of course, that I fully expect them to invade should they feel all peaceful means are exhausted.  

So the decision to put U.S. military there is highly questionable. The constant mention of China in the media was questionable too, although less so now since it now seems plausible that the USG is actively attempting to create this conflict.

The delusion bubble in D.C. may just be that strong, but to those of outside, this just looks like somebody is fond of losing, and is drunkenly spending all our assets to add another loss to their collection.