The didn't win in Korea, they didn't win in Japan.
They didn't even win in Vietnam, the US completely destroyed N. Vietnam military machine ... and then left.
By the time the US actually left Vietnam there was very little fighting and no casualties. The US could have stayed.
Similarly in Afghanistan ... there were very few soldiers there, with a different Foreign Policy there's no reason to believe the US could have chosen to 'stay'.
There are still major bases in Korea, Japan and Germany, no reason not to keep a base in Afghanistan if they thought they wanted to.
Nukes in Taiwan would really upset China (a lot!) and throw a big wrench into everything, but it's a very legit threat, it would make direct assault really hard.
Certainly one 'Omega Weapon' would be a short range, small yield nuke that Taiwan could use against an invading maritime force. Scary, but real power.
The didn't win in Korea, they didn't win in Japan.
They didn't even win in Vietnam, the US completely destroyed N. Vietnam military machine ... and then left.
By the time the US actually left Vietnam there was very little fighting and no casualties. The US could have stayed.
Similarly in Afghanistan ... there were very few soldiers there, with a different Foreign Policy there's no reason to believe the US could have chosen to 'stay'.
There are still major bases in Korea, Japan and Germany, no reason not to keep a base in Afghanistan if they thought they wanted to.
Nukes in Taiwan would really upset China (a lot!) and throw a big wrench into everything, but it's a very legit threat, it would make direct assault really hard.
Certainly one 'Omega Weapon' would be a short range, small yield nuke that Taiwan could use against an invading maritime force. Scary, but real power.