It never gets mentioned but the entire chicom military is financed by the interest we pay them on the US bonds they hold. Those payments would stop instantly after an attack and the entire chicom machine would have to hitchhike home. Not to mention their export market would be gone by the next Monday morning.
Actually taking Taiwan would be a pyric victory for the ages, I expect, they would walk into burned out chip factories, etc. Remember Pelousy’s longest stop was with the TSM guy. They had to be talking about the possible next move.
It never gets mentioned but the entire chicom military is financed by the interest we pay them on the US bonds they hold.
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Well that and the technology they stole from us, or we gave them.
We essentially helped build China’s military capabilities.