“Prohibitive for us to interfere.....” Hmmmm.....civil unrest? No will to fight? Collaborating leadership?!? Spread thin in other involvements? Interesting, indeed. What is Taiwan ultimately witch to them? Or us?
Yes to all.
Taiwan (Free China) is a huge problem for Red China. It is a living testament to the illegitimacy of the Red China’s totalitarian government. And it is a military threat poised to take advantage of instability within that totalitarian government.
Taiwan is also a reminder to the United States abandoning its ally and its principles by “opening” Red China. That action was typical of the U.S. allowing its communist enemies time to grow strong and threaten our interests.
The enemy within had and has much to do with the looming Red Chinese threat.