158 | Elbridge Colby: Welcome to the Era of Great Power Conflict
The Realignment
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Why Do We Need to Hold Our Defense Line in the Western Pacific?
Don't get in a land war in asia, right? That's our vianam korea bad. If the chinese took that island, their military could project out into the central pacific and really undermine the military position of japan, philippines, et cetera. Second is our credibility. Hawks love to talk about credibility. I have a kind of moderate ver vision of credibility, which is kind of intuitive. Credibility matters but it's not an undifferentiated thing.
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