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I am not saying it is obvious that the US would confront China militarily if it was to invade Taiwan. But Europe did let a friendly country at its immediate bor

by cm2187 7y ago

I am not saying it is obvious that the US would confront China militarily if it was to invade Taiwan. But Europe did let a friendly country at its immediate border get invaded and didn’t even stop buying the main resource the invader relies on (oil and gas). Let alone have any military involvement.

mschuster91 7y ago
> and didn’t even stop buying the main resource the invader relies on (oil and gas) The problem is that Europe depends on (cheap) Russian gas for heating.
- cm2187 7y ago
  Right. And we are realising now how dependant we are on the Chinese supply chain.
hrktb 7y ago
The US didn't stop trading with Saudi Arabia even after proven involvement in 9/11/2001. It's all mildly complicated.
sergeykish 7y ago
> The memorandum was originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.... included security assurances against threats or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit...