fyi
(sigh)
Do you suppose the Noise from across the pond of Antiwar Freaks returning to power in the USA has a small influence?
ie, when it comes to communism, and you’re surrounded, “if you can’t lick’m, join’m”, comes to mind./defeatism
Time to rearm Japan.
Did the Taiwanesse use electronic voting. Could the mainland Chi-Com controllers have hacked the election.
Coming to the states soon.
This vote is more problematic than I’d like to see, by far.
We are concerned for Taiwan, and we have reason to be. Then you hear overatures of the Taiwanese wanting closer relations with the Mainland and now this.
When the mainland does attack Taiwan, it could very well site vote outcomes like this to say, “The majority of Taiwanese want to return to the mainland.” And what could we say?
The Taiwanese need to be very careful what messages they send out. There may come a time when they need us, but have sent so many mixed messages that we would be stupid to step in. And I say this as a hawk who thinks we should side with Taiwan.
I will remain of that opinion, pending the destruction of the basis for that opinion by the Taiwanese themselves.
I think maybe this story is oversimplifying. I haven’t followed recent politics in Taiwan, but the Kuomintang is the party of Chiang Kai-Shek.
What I think they probably intend is to stop the verbal provocations against China, which never actually got anywhere, and try to establish stronger trade relations, to improve the economy.
I seriously doubt whether they want to cede the island to the mainland Communists.
Taiwan is part of China. It’s time for the two sides to put aside their differences, become one economy, and get to the business of doing businesss).