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We can't win a war with China without paying a very high price. It a lose-lose.
By aggression, I mean actual invasion like how the Imperial Japanese Army invaded Manchuria.
We may need the Chinese to better control the North Korean nut case -- that is in our mutual interest. Taiwan and the PRC tolerate each other -- if the Chinese wanted to take Taiwan they could -- same as Putin took Crimea.
If the Chinese invaded Taiwan do you advocate starting a shooting war with China? We wouldn't and they know it -- it would fuck up the business relationship that has brought prosperity to China. The Chinese lack the will to invade Taiwan for the same reasons. More to lose than to gain.
I am not advocating a Neville Chamberlain Munich Agreement but we have to step back and think.
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The issue: Taiwan wants to become a member of the United Nations. However, it lost its seat in that body in 1971, when the U.N. chose to recognize the People's Republic of China instead. There can be only one China in the world, the U.N. decided, and the government in Beijing runs it.Feb 26, 2008
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Only a fool picks a fight he cannot win or recover from.
Taiwan could become a semi-autonomous Chinese State like Hong Kong and we all move on. Taiwan is not a bargaining chip in an international trade game
