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This is not the same thing. This is a civil war that we are helping to keep from reigniting.

A Civil War? Is Taipie actually trying to conquer Beijing? This is about Indepedence. Even the Chinese have said this is about Indepedence.

WHEN in the Course of human Events, it becomes necessary for one People to dissolve the Political Bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the Powers of the Earth, the separate and equal Station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent Respect to the Opinions of Mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the Separation.

WE hold these Truths to be self-evident, that all Men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness -- That to secure these Rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just Powers from the Consent of the Governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these Ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its Foundation on such Principles, and organizing its Powers in such Form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness.

A Civil War? Is Taipie actually trying to conquer Beijing? This is about Indepedence. Even the Chinese have said this is about Indepedence.

Taipei considered sending 200,000 troops during the Korean War to be used as the spearhead for a reinvasion of the mainland. For a long time the Guomindang harbored plans of returning to the mainland, even if those plans were unrealistic.

At any rate, yes, it is a civil war. Taiwan is not a renegade province, it's the vestiage of the old mainland government that was defeated by the Communists. They lost, and headed a government in exile on Taiwan.

When we had our revolution, we didn't want to keep being English. The people on Taiwan and the people on the mainland both think of themselves as Zhongguoren, or Chinese. They both want to be part of China. They want to be separate from the Communists, but they don't want to stop being Chinese. Well, guess what. They are separate from the Communists, and they are Chinese.

In most circumstances, I'd say 'Screw the PRC' and back Taiwan. The fact of the matter is that we need China's help with North Korea first. After North Korea falls, I don't care much what Taiwan does to piss them off. I hope that they do.

But for Taiwan to start trouble before we've gotten what we want from China is not in our interests. They should know better then to put us in this position. That's the issue.