Ukraine Crisis Brings Relief and Stability to Taiwan Situation

Commentary
Whether Vladimir Putin holds his position or not, and that must now be considered somewhat problematical, events in Ukraine and elsewhere should help cool things somewhat over Taiwan.
The Chinese have an even more political and, from all accounts, an even more self-indulgently corrupt army than the Russians, and they haven’t fought a serious war since the agreement of the ceasefire in Korea in May 1953—and as we’ve seen in Ukraine, 70 years without testing your deployment, morale, weapons, and command structure may invite extremely unpleasant surprises if you suddenly unleash war upon a well-armed, NATO-trained, and highly motivated opponent….