Originally Posted by
RAFEngO74to09
Pentagon spokesman getting a hard time right now trying to explain to correspondents why additional 3,000 US troops going into region - in addition to 3,500 already there - to be on standby to secure Kabul Airport, evacuation of the US Embassy (if necessary) and processing former Afghan interpreters seeking exit.
Given this demonstration of the US willingness to fold them when necessary, I'd think, Taiwan, South Korea and Japan would be reconsidering their need for a nuclear backstop.
This might get messy.