[Congressman Billybob]

There is no reason for Taiwan to make any "preemptive strike on the Three Gorges Dam." It will be a few years yet before the lake behind that dam is full. Then, if the dam is breahed, the center of China will be washed away with deaths of up to 100 million people and incalcuable property damage.

So, the proper approach of the Taiwanese should be to "hold the Dam hostage." Taiwan should announce in public that in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, it will blow the Dam. The same principles of destruction apply there as in the Ruhr Valley in Germany, shown in the WW II movie, "Dambusters." China will be yanked back from the status of a developing nation to a third-world nation in a week, if that Dam is blown. China should not be so stupid as to risk that result.

John / Billybob

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I wonder how many møøselimbs are in on the design or construction.

Hmmmm. A dam with a built in bomb...