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> The U.S. guaranteeing the independence of a free democracy is not "geopolitical aggression". This is a naïve view of geopolitics. Check out where Kurds ended
by f6v 6y ago
> The U.S. guaranteeing the independence of a free democracy is not "geopolitical aggression".
This is a naïve view of geopolitics. Check out where Kurds ended up by counting on the US.
- chitowneats 6y agoI never said the U.S. was likely to uphold their promise to prevent an invasion. The U.S. is however providing the Taiwanese with advanced military equipment. And their threat of defending Taiwan, no matter how hollow you judge it to be, is perhaps the only reason Taiwan is still an independent nation in 2021.
- 8note 6y agoThe US has interests in Taiwan, and none in Kurdistan. Some of those interests are economic, and Taiwan knows not to give them up. Others are geographic, and won't go away unless china finds another way to the ocean
- f6v 6y ago> The US has interests in Taiwan, and none in Kurdistan. So they stayed in Syria just for fun? Middle East invasion is about pressuring Iran, as much as Taiwan is about Mainland China.