Yes it’s bizarre.
Nixon and Kissinger got all caught up in China and were willing to “trade” Taiwan for South Vietnam.
This fever took over the entire foreign policy establishment.
They failed to save South Vietnam yet still abandoned Taiwan. But Chiang and his son didn’t go along with it. Then Lee Teng-hui moved Taiwan to a full democracy and the policy became an anachronism. It’s like a superstition.
I don’t think the U.S would recognise an independant Taiwan and end the schizoid policy about Taiwan once and for all. What do you think?