889bd89bfClaimThe U.S. maintains a military presence in the Indo-Pacific to protect countries from communist statesAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe U.S. commitment to defending Ukraine against Russia provides a precedent for defending Taiwan against a Chinese invasionAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimTaiwan's current existence is a result of the U.S. wanting a strategic advantage over China by establishing a capitalist outpostAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe United States has long considered drug trafficking between Latin America and the U.S. to be a policing issueAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimDrug trafficking into the U.S. could be a geopolitical tool used to attack the country from withinAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe U.S. does not necessarily need to station its military in Taiwan to protect its interestsAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe Trump administration's military strikes on suspected drug vessels circumvented the ethical and legal safeguards of the Drug Enforcement AdministrationAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimActions against drug trafficking may be unpleasant but are sometimes necessary to achieve resultsAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe scale of deaths from fentanyl and other drug trafficking in the U.S. has become serious enough to warrant military involvementAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimExisting efforts to stop drug trafficking into the U.S. have been unsuccessful, making escalation of the response necessaryAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimFennel deaths have drastically decreased after U.S. military strikes on suspected drug-trafficking vesselsAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe United States has a bureaucratic and governance mechanism, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), for addressing issues like drug traffickingAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe Trump administration bypassed the Drug Enforcement Administration to conduct military strikes on suspected drug trafficking vesselsAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimA realist foreign policy posture regarding Taiwan takes into account both the military position and cultural conditions in ChinaAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe U.S. should supply Taiwan with weapons and intelligence as part of a substantive commitmentAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimThe U.S. should conduct naval exercises near Taiwan and signal its intent to defend the island without making a formal rhetorical statementAgreeDisagree
889bd89bfClaimA policy of rhetorical non-statement and substantive defense for Taiwan represents the best realist foreign policy postureAgreeDisagree