Reasons why the United States of America doesn't militarily intervene in Ukraine:
- The anxiety that if the US were to lose a conventional war against Russia or China, the world would start looking down on Western countries.
- This shift would cause the balance of power to tilt heavily against the anti-Western nations.
Many Japanese people seem to believe that Russia wouldn't stand a chance if the US or NATO got involved.
While the US and NATO express their desire to intervene in Ukraine, they claim they can't due to Russia's nuclear weapons.
It's paradoxical for the US to declare they won't intervene in Ukraine due to the fear of a nuclear war, yet they seem ready to intervene in a Taiwan conflict involving nuclear-powered China.
This logic seems convoluted and inconsistent.
Even though Ukraine is fighting against Russia with the US as its proxy, if the US intervenes in a Taiwan crisis, it's akin to abandoning Ukraine.
Therefore, the US is unlikely to intervene even in a Taiwan crisis.
People in Japan are missing a crucial point.
Western countries, including the US, have been prioritizing soft economic policies for over 30 years.
As a result, heavy industries crucial for conventional weaponry production, like steel, shipbuilding, machinery, special steel, and chemicals, have deteriorated significantly in Western countries.
To be frank, the economies of the US and Western countries heavily rely on IT, finance, and service industries, while manufacturing is almost scrap level.
We might witness remarkable results when fighting against weaker opponents like developing nations or terrorists.
However, it's uncertain how the US and Western nations would fare against formidable military powers like Russia and China.
In the event Western countries lose a conventional war against Russia or China, the world would look down on them.
The balance of power would dramatically shift against the Western nations.
Western countries, including Japan, would panic in such a scenario.
Anticipating this, strategic country like the US would likely prepare various measures.
From this perspective, it's understandable why the US would approach Japan and South Korea, which possess higher industrial production capabilities than European Western countries.
So, Japan has no choice but to aim to become a military power while it possesses the world's third-largest economy, before it gets used by the US or European Western countries and discarded like a pawn, similar to Ukraine.
"War and peace," a highly ambivalent value, but for the sake of Japan's peace, it must strive to become a military power and survive steadfastly.
The world has already gone mad. There's no longer any time to spare.
