Maybe this(?):
>Think the US exit from Afghanistan was bad? Look what's brewing in the Pacific
>Lose the Central Pacific and every nation counting on us will hedge their bets, which China will love
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/think-us-exit-afghanistan-bad-look-whats-brewing-pacific
>Lose the Central Pacific and we’ll be defending from Hawaii and SoCal while every country that was counting on us – Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Philippines, Australia and others – start to hedge their bets.