Brilliant idea-not
So we buy them from China.
That's the only product that keeps Taiwan alive.
So you support Chicoms?
90% of our chips are made there. Ya see the problem.
China needs to be ‘reset’ back to the 1950s.
If you’re posting it then it’s immediately suspect.
It would be better if we brought the facilities here to the US.
We're dependent on Taiwan because the ruling class has been making war on us for a while.
Lame idea.
You might find Louis-Vincent Gave interesting:
“On the topic of Taiwan, Gave offers yet more positive predictions. He argues that an invasion of Taiwan will never happen for a number of reasons, above all topographical ones: “Taiwan is a natural fortress”. A hundred miles of sea stand between it and China, and it has mountains reaching 12,000 feet and only three beaches to choose from. “Are you going to try to do this with an army, a navy and an air force that is completely untested? No, there’s no way.”
In fact the prospect of any military action in China seems very unlikely to our guest. Two decades of the one-child policy has instilled in the Chinese a particularly strong aversion to war: “When you have one child, you don’t send them to war. No way. And so that’s one of the particularities of Chinese society that make a military action, in my mind, very unlikely.”
Text version (paraphrase of video):
https://unherd.com/thepost/louis-vincent-gave-the-truth-about-chinas-reopening/
Video:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=J10eXxepzIE
Video of interview of him from last year (bear in mind this was before winter came and he had no way of knowing it would be unusually mild for Europe, also before we blew up the Nord Stream pipelines):
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EtqJrbTygFs
Anyway, in addition to the above, China supposes it will get Taiwan back without firing a shot, it will just take some time for the politics to shake out in their favor.
But in this instance, I must vehemently disagree with you.
Allowing China to gain that expertise would absolutely be a death blow to the world, as China would possess a severe grip upon controlling the world.
The really stupid thing was to allow this technology to leave this nation in the first place. If it looks as if China will succeed in taking Taiwan then destroy it without hesitation.
Might actually be the best thing to happen, so that it can be brought back to the U.S.
IF Xi decides to take Taiwan by force there will be pain on all sides but the most pain will be suffered by China.
We will take a hit for doing it, but we must pledge to cease all trade with China, expel all Chinese CCP kids at our universities, seize all Chinese investments in America, AND forfeit all T-bills they purchased (I believe its around 800 billion).
We must demand the same from Europe, Australia, Korea, and Japan.
It will be expensive but pledge no interest loans for American companies to move production here to the US, strengthen our trade ties within our own hemisphere and with friendly Asian nations, and pledge to leave both NATO and the UN along with removing all funding for both if our wishes are not honored.
Yeah, it sucks. However, it guarantees a rapid collapse of the CCP within China AND it is cheaper than a full blown war with China.
We can also destroy their trade corridors and the pipelines that will be taking oil and gas into China.
Win. The CCP has a LOT of problems right now and the shock to their economy will cause it to implode. It is probably going to implode before ours anyways. They can’t even feed themselves without “trade”.
I am sick and tired of China and it is ridiculous that we continue to do any business with them at all. There will be economic disruption with a “war” no matter what so what are we waiting for and why do we keep funding the CCP?
I have nothing against the Chinese people whatsoever, but I have no use for the CCP. The Chinese people are not very happy with them either.
Put this pledge in writing and let the oligarchs within the CCP take care of Xi. He is a madman if he does this and everyone is afraid to call his bluff. Japan and Australia will be with us, India, Vietnam, and South Korea will likely join us too.
I personally think we could tip them over right now if we would speed up the decoupling. It will be painful economically in the short-term, but it would benefit us greatly in the future.
Taiwan is NOT a threat to the Chinese people and never has been. It is a threat to the CCP because its citizens enjoy freedom and prosperity without having to pay tribute to mobsters with red stars.
And remember some of those Taiwanese plants are physically located in mainland China.
TSMC already has fabs in mainland China....
“No surprise after they blew the Nordstream pipeline into Germany. The US under Biden is out of control, completely corrupted and bent on destruction.”
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https://www.nbcnews.com › politics › biden-meet-german-chancellor-russia-ukraine-tesnions-rcna15190
Biden vows U.S. will ‘bring an end’ to Nord Stream 2 pipeline if Russia ...
Feb 7, 2022WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden on Monday said the U.S. would “bring an end” to the Nord Stream 2 natural gas pipeline if Russia invades Ukraine.
Victoria Nuland, in the fullness of time: “Senator Cruz, like you, I am, and I think the administration is very gratified to know that Nordstream II is now, as you like to say, a hunk of metal at the bottom of the sea.”
Brandon’s administration wants to be seen as having blown up Nordstream II.
I can’t see Biden authorizing this. He is too compromised.
Yes, the US would surely do it.
The names of the most important chip plants are:
Nordstream Chip Fab 1 and
Nordstream Chip Fab 2.
Neo Cons say that, but I doubt if the Biden Team even has the nerve ( or the will!) to do something they know China will not like at all.
Besides, there would be a great deal of
collateral damage, with innocent Taiwanese citizens perishing from this destruction. That would beget a new generation of angry Taiwanese young men with an ax to grind against the USA because we ‘killed his Grandpa back in 2023’.
“The U.S. would destroy Taiwan’s chip plants if China invades, says former Trump official”
What if they work with China for a PEACEFUL re-unification?
Would we STILL blow up their chip plants?
After all, we blew up Nordstream when Germany started making noises about a PEACEFUL end to the Ukraine War.
And kill the US economy in the process. Where do these geniuses think those chips go??