You may not understand that the sell out of Formosa (Taiwan) occurred long ago when Formosa was thrown out of the United Nations and The People's Republic of China was seated. This happened because The United States of America at that time adopted the "One China" policy, which states that Taiwan is part of mainland China, but that China (the PRC) may not forcibly occupy and control Taiwan, that China can only come to dominate Taiwan politically by peaceful negotiation with Taiwan, recognizing that may take many decades.
This bilge of U.S. policy was not of President Bush's making, and he has not changed it.
My statement on another thread, which you called "intellectually dishonest" when compared to my statement above was "No, Bush is not going to sell out Taiwan. He wasn't planning on selling them Aegis, and maybe that's all he's doing is affirming that and our long standing "One China" policy."
The "One China" policy, whether you like it or not, means the United States long ago agreed that Taiwan cannot become "independent", but it also says that we will give Taiwan the means to defend itself from forcible absorption into the People's Republic of China. President Bush has also stated he would commit the power of the U.S. military to fight with Taiwan if China tried to occupy by force. And he has previously told the Taiwanese, as have other Presidents, that under "One China" policy, that if they declare independence, the U.S. cannot help them any longer.
The intellectual dishonesty is not mine but the diplomats and politicians who signed on to this piece of crap decades ago.
Yes, defintiely.
But you are still missing the point.
President Bush went beyond the one Choina policy and any statement ever made by any US Presient concerning Taiwan's autnomy.
It was the wrong thing to do. It was not necessary and whatever he thinks he will get out of it, he won't.
We have to be honest with ourselves. Bush did do exactly what was warned in that earlier thread.