Why Should We Die for Type and Not for Ki?

In the new yorker piece you specifically say, not only do we need to withdraw from the middle east, we actually need to tamp down our commitments in europe. I think it's stephen walt, why should i die for type and not for ki? Under your framework, like y is type and tian mors gic worthy of american blood than the city of kiev in ukraine which has not quite a nato commitment. But you know something quasi, what exactly, what is the strategic rational behind that? Yes. It has nothing to do with the people on ti wan. The second reason is china could actually dominate asia. There