alt Hacker NewsEspecially when no nation wants to touch this (e.g., Starmer being very quick to say that the UK wasn’t involved, etc.), it only reinforces that any power willing or able to make a bold move like this will likely not face much opposition (also see Russia in Ukraine).
The most prominent case for such a future would be china moving against Taiwan, which now got easier with two of the 3 big world powers making their move.