[Mamzelle]

BTW--what kind of help is Taiwan offering the US in our struggle with the Islamists?

[tallhappy]

BTW--what kind of help is Taiwan offering the US in our struggle with the Islamists?

Taiwan's President offered any and all help after 911.

The USA chooses not to use Taiwan's air bases or ports, but could.

If the US did use one of Taiwan's ports or bases (as we did for decades before 1979) the Chinese communists would get mad at us.

[Quix]

Taiwan has to play that one very cautiously. They get virtually ALL their oil & gas from Saudi Arabia. Their electricity, plastics industry, cooking gas; energy for industry etc. all comes from there.

I think they should buy 3 years worth of supplies and store it in secret caverns. But they won't do it. They may have 3-4 months capacity.