You’re not wrong, but it is a bit like bringing Hitler into the conversation.

The US has never had Hitler, feel better now? Can we talk about soda and lemonade now?

It also means that the difficulty in taking over taiwan, from China, is also that much more difficult.

Every nation that trades with Taiwan has a vested interest in getting past, or preventing a Chinese blockade of the island.

China cannot defeat the combined navies of South East Asia + pacific + USA, plus the coastal batteries and medium-ranged missile capability that taiwan is building up.

China, at best, can attempt to bomb the island into nothing, which also isn’t exactly palatable.

I’ve never heard someone say it irl yet.

Until then

My sentiment is the same, albeit wording.

I’m not sure I want to “get along” with fascists.

The USS PASADENA (SSN-752) doesn’t carry weapons of mass destruction. It is a nuclear-powered submarine, not a nuclear-weapon carrying submarine.

And the reason it went to Cuba is:

A U.S. Defense official, speaking on condition of anonymity to provide details of a military operation, said the Navy submarine made a scheduled logistics stop at Guantanamo Bay. It then continued south to participate in UNITAS, the world’s longest-running multinational maritime exercise.

Agree with the reason or not, and agree with the base or not, it is a reason for being there and it’s not “waving around weapons of mass destruction in other people’s territory for no reason”.