[elmer fudd]

Actually, I think Taiwan needs nukes of it's own. It's fine for us to say that we'll help defend them, but everyone knows that we hold elections every four years and all the Chicoms have to do is wait until the time is right.

[Jeff Head]

I would not be surprised to learn that they (like I would also not be surprised to learn that the Japanese) already have them, or can have them very quickly.

If they do, in any cross-strait confrontation, you can expect that a back channel message would be passed along very bluntly.

[Paul_Denton]

Actually, I think Taiwan needs nukes of it's own. It's fine for us to say that we'll help defend them, but everyone knows that we hold elections every four years and all the Chicoms have to do is wait until the time is right.

I agree. A shame that the CIA stopped them in the 1980s. Taiwan needs the ability to turn China into a gigantic sheet of glass.