Posted on 09/03/2017 7:48:14 AM PDT by TigerLikesRooster
“You are aware that (declared or not) Taiwan has been a nuclear power since the early eighties, are you not?”
You’re right, Taiwan has had nuclear reactors providing electrical power for many years. The question is whether they’ve developed their own nuclear weapon, like quite a few other nuclear capable countries may or may not have, such as Japan, Germany, Italy, South Korea, etc. I maintain that it is time for these countries to acquire nuclear weapons, if they have not already done so, for their own protection and to stop relying on the United States to provide a nuclear umbrella for them. Attempts to stop nuclear proliferation have become totally counterproductive.
We need start the process to recognize Taiwan as a country. That sends an unequivocal message to the Chinese.
the magic negro funny!
I don't think Taiwan will go the way of Hong Kong. Would America go to war for it?
Message wont stop a billion Chinese. They are moving south.
Interesting they bring this up right now with the NK situation. Maybe they will use it for negotiations? Our media will go along with.
My guess: the Chinese will secretly offer a quid-pro-quo exchange. The two Koreas will be reunified under the South’s government in exchange for the two China’s being reunified under the mainland’s government.
Hardly fair: Shedding a failed state in exchange for picking up a prosperous one.
The mistake the Chinese are making is in showing their desire for Taiwan.
I think trade and bilateral migration are having an effect
India already did thwart them.
Not what I was talking about in any way.
Taiwan was detonating test warheads in 1983 and the reds were getting rattled.
Reagan held talks with Taiwan, and the weapon testing stopped,
The scuttlebutt at Kadena airbase at the time was that since they had working warheads anyway Reagan had traded rhem proven designs in exchange for ending their live testsl
In no way do I believe any such nonsense as Taiwan just scrapping their alrady functional nuclear weapons program at the height of the cold war.
Hey,
I didn’t invent that one.
A liberal journalist did such early in the Obammy years
By force.
Thanks TLR. Interesting item; much appreciated.
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