The True Military Assistance Tradeoff Is Between Israel and Taiwan
warontherocks.comCalling the United States “the indispensable nation,” President Joe Biden used his second Oval Office address to argue that America has the resources and the responsibility to arm Ukraine and Israel “for as long as it takes.” Absent from the speech was Taiwan — the other U.S. partner in desperate need of U.S. weapons — along with any mention of the tradeoffs that will be required to balance Washington’s competing demands.As our analysis shows, the most significant potential tradeoff isn’t [...]
