I think Poland could explain this to anyone that's having a hard time understanding it. Taiwan is a sovereign nation. It has been sovereign since 1949. Fifty-five years later and the spokes-holes on the mainland are continuing to sound a lot like Adolf Hitler.
China's aspirations don't end at Taiwan. We can kid ourselves that if we sell out Taiwan, all will be peaceful bliss, or we can arm Taiwan, and tell China that we'll kick it's ass if it dare tries anything with Taiwan.
It is distrubing to watch a sovereign nation threatened in this manner. Before we sold our souls to the mainland, Taiwan was an excellent trading partner. It didn't abuse it's people and it didn't threaten it's neighbors. It didn't proliferate nuclear weapons around the planet, and it didn't threaten to bury the U.S. this century. I guess these are the reasons we have determined that China is one nation and Taiwan is expendable.
This policy started before Bush, so I'm not targeting him. I just think this is extremely unfortunate. Instead of the mainland moderating, we see that it has become emboldened. Why don't we adjust our policies with the mainland to reflect reality, instead of the same Neville Chamberlain pipe dreams that cost tens of millions of lives in the last century.
Here we go again!