
Virtue Signaling No Substitute for Strength in Foreign Policy
Absent any firm deliverable, Speaker Pelosi’s visit to Free China undercuts America’s credibility and capacity for moral suasion.
By BEN SHAPIRO
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Mr. Shapiro is host of “The Ben Shapiro Show,” and editor-in-chief of DailyWire.com. He is the author of the New York Times bestsellers “How To Destroy America In Three Easy Steps,” “The Right Side Of History,” and “Bullies.”

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This article is from the archive of The New York Sun before the launch of its new website in 2022. The Sun has neither altered nor updated such articles but will seek to correct any errors, mis-categorizations or other problems introduced during transfer.
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