It could be a little more complicated now brother ansy1968.
The US-China trade war, and tech war, it could be over.
The US-China trade war, and tech war, is effectively over, just not officially completely over. Sort of like the Koreas or mainland China and Taiwan, where the fighting has stopped but no peace treaty.
The US-China trade war, with trade at record levels between the two, and Chinese trade expanding worldwide non-stop, makes it appear a non-issue. If trade war does this, then we need more trade wars.
The US-China tech war, only theaters, were two of them, the US government war with Huawei 5G, and the more recent US government bans on IC equipment being sold to China (which the latter needed the support of other countries to have any chance at working).
Recent news confirms that Huawei gear is still everywhere in Europe, very few countries bothered to listen to American demands about banning Huawei. Of course, Huawei gear even dominant in places outside of Europe, and they selling them server racks too.
The news yesterday, that the Dutch want no part of the American IC bans, that would be the final nail to this stage of the tech war. If the Dutch refuse American demands which have been ongoing for over a year apparently, then no one else, such as South Korea or Japan, will agree to that either. Unless the Americans believe that those two will volunteer to be the suckas.
Therefore, trade war results in more trade, which makes it pointless; tech war results in Huawei still everywhere, and no one else interested in IC bans, leaving America isolated on those matters.
Now we get to this military angle, and people know that American trade war and tech war against China have been spectacular flops, with no achievements.
America doubling down on this military angle, is a clear move against China. Just like the trade war and tech war were clear moves against China. But the trade war and tech war were complete flops.
That is why it is very complicated now.
The American trade war and tech war against China, looks like no way forward now, it is stuck with nothing, it is an American debacle. How do we know that more American military maneuvering against the same China, will create another debacle for everybody?
Of course, no US ally can come out and say that, that they got their ass handed to them in the US China trade war and tech war the Huawei part. The IC war is still ongoing, but America fights that alone. But the question remains. Why prop up the US military in the region. What good will it serve those countries?
Japan and Australia would want it. After that, it gets complicated.
Does not matter what they say. They do not know what to do.
Something happened here. People got to digest that first before moving forward.