If I was China, I'd be thinking about certain windows of opportunity opening up right about now.
I'd call this a strategic blunder, if any of the oligarchs cared what I called things.
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Like Taiwan or something else?
Taiwan's a given. They can go for it whenever they want. The bigger prize by far would be expelling the us navy from Asia - and that's entirely doable. No carrier groups, and the Philippines and Australia suddenly flip to allies because there's no choice. Taiwan means nothing. They can master the world.