I’m wary that China would love annexing Taiwan and getting President Puppet Biden out of a nice October surprise.
There would be no better time for China to bring the hammer down on both Hong Kong and Taiwan while the US and the rest of the world are tied up with the China virus, as well as the crap going on with the leftists and election.
Mark
That's also what they think of North and South Korea, Japan, Vietnam, Outer Mongolia, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Phillipnes.................
Why should America waste one American life?
Just set up an economic embargo and let the Chinese enonomy implode.
As much as I respect Taiwan, its not a war that the US should be involved in.
10-15% of Taiwanese themselves are living long-term in China, for their business and investments. Even though the ROC/Taiwan’s compulsory 2 military years of service was discontinued 5+ years ago, most Taiwanese young men try to avoid the basic 3 month military training that Taiwan still has. For the rich, getting a foreign passport for themselves and their kids is the first responsibility a parent has. Taiwan has very strict gun-control laws and does not allow private firearms.
They could present a more more fierce defense of their de-facto independence, but they do not. I believe most Taiwanese would flee or fold quickly to avoid any financial or personal pain, and China knows they would only have to deal with a very small minority of Taiwan patriots to get control of the place.
Its not the USA’s responsibility to protect such people.
All of this is talk and saber rattling and will continue to be so until China increases it’s fleet of amphibious assault ships. China hasn’t invaded Taiwan because it can’t...
That’s a gorgeous dam you have there. Be a shame if something happened to it.