Sure buddy.
I like your tagline anyway Joe.
"Let me get this straight, they are considered our good ally, yet they are told by President Bush not to put up 2 or 3 hundred troops to serve in Iraq as a show of alligence to us, because that will make China invade Taiwan?"
Chaing Kai-Shek offered to fight the Red Chinese in Korea for us (the US/UN prevented his troops from entering the fight)...he made this offer knowing that Commie-symps in the State Dept. and elsewhere in our government sold him out in favor of Mao. They have also been a major check on Red China for many years since then. In short, cut Taiwan some slack.