World Affairs Brief, February 24, 2023 Copyright Joel Skousen. Partial quotations with attribution permitted. Cite source as Joel Skousen’s World Affairs Brief (http://www.worldaffairsbrief.com).

US to Send a Token Number of Troops to Taiwan: The US is putting 100-200 US military advisers on Taiwan, which isn’t enough to bolster its defense, but may be enough to force the US to intervene if China attacks—a real change in policy that could make Taiwan a trigger event for WWIII if China attacks. This one issue may force China to delay the attack until they are fully ready for WWIII.