I really think you are making the same mistake as Chen. If Chen or any other DPP president announces formal independence, and if China invades, the US will not go to war against China. We may protest at the UN, we may send some Chinese diplomats home, but not one American soldier, sailor, or pilot will die for TI.
So you say....
If the Chineese Government were so sure they would have invaded already..
Instead they flood the Island with corrupt money and try to destablize the Government.
Still the people of Taiwan want to be free..
Freedom.... pretty good stuff when you fight for it..
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Did you support us fighting for thee freedom of Iraqi people?
You are wrong in both your understanding of U.S. policy and how we will respond to a military attack on Taiwan. Such an attack, as a matter of U.S. policy will result in our defense of Taiwan; not simply for Taiwan's sake but also because the failure to defend Taiwan would result in our near total withdrawal from Asia, which we cannot do because of all of our other commitments in Asia. It is totally not a matter of what Taiwan does or does not do. It is a matter of how China responds and if that response is with military attacks on Taiwan, then all our agreements with China will become null and void overnight, simultaneous with our defense of Taiwan. The present pretense that China is "reforming" will be a myth destroyed by its own actions, a myth we will have no need of supplying to the American public any longer, in fact we will not be able to.
China's present leaders are well aware of this, regardless of their public bluster. They know that an attack on Taiwan will be the end of our relations (all of them) and an end to their current prosperity.