[Buffalo Tom]

What if a year from now China decides an independent Taiwan is a threat to its security, and masses an invasion fleet off its coastline? What if it demands a change from a pro-West regime? More immediately, what if North Korea decides to invade South Korea, to pre-empt any sort of attacks by America and its allies in that country? Would the United States and its 'coalition of the willing' have any legal and moral ground from which to mount an opposition?

This whole stupid affair has opened up a can of worms that the current and future American administration will find unpalatable.