Not sure if this is a good move. China has been pressuring Taiwan for many years and they still consider the island of Taiwan to be “on their turf.” Right now, Taiwan is not in need of progressing its military as they are not in conflict. And they cannot start to compete with China militarily.
So providing them with just enough rope to hang themselves, may not be the answer. And China will not take too well to our assistance in this and may further their help to North Korea creating another pain in the veranda that will retard our abilities to straighten up our problems here at home.
rwood
Military strength is a necessity for peace and the countries like Taiwan threatened by China need to maintain their own deterrence against invasion. On the other hand by proposing more arms for a “breakaway” province we gain more bargaining chips to use with China on issues like North Korea.
Wait?
You’re only supposed to progress your military when you’re IN conflict?