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Re:US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan by whythre on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:11AM (#39587492)
The troops stationed there are not meant to hold off a mainland invasion by themselves.

The presence of US troops means that if China attacks, the USA is going to suffer military casualties, so there is almost certainly going to be war between the CCP and the US.

Without US troop presence, things are more ambiguous.

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Re:US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan by The_Colonel on Monday March 04, 2024 @06:20AM (#39589144)
It's called "Tripwire force".

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tripwire_force

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Re:US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan by wolverine876 on Monday March 04, 2024 @01:22PM (#39593930)
These are trainers (if that article is correct - I have no idea of their credibility), not a tripwire force.
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Re:US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan by whythre on Monday March 04, 2024 @05:13PM (#39596856)
The two are not mutually exclusive. If China invades and kills US soldiers in the process, training team or no, that’s still gonna be casus belli for the US.
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Re:US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan by wolverine876 on Monday March 04, 2024 @07:44PM (#39598074)
I don't think so. Iranian proxies and others have killed US soldiers recently without starting a war.
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Re:US permanently deploys training mission in Taiwan by pyuser583 on Tuesday March 05, 2024 @12:26AM (#39599760)
The US had a training team in Georgia when Russia invaded.

The trainers turned themselves over to the Russians, and were interred (at the Ritz) as neutral soldiers.

A training team can be a tripwire, or not.

Again, ambiguity.

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