[traveler01]

And somehow they wil still find a way of blaming NATO on their actions, and some people eat that crap.

[tpoacher]

Having said this, the Economist has been priming us with increased frequency for the necessity of war in Taiwan for a few good weeks/months now.

NATO being "to blame" or not, I do have to wonder to what extent such actions being directly precipitated by provocation could have been avoided in the absence of it.