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> Personally, I think they'd go for it. If there were sizable numbers of US troops on Taiwan, I don't think they'd attack. They don't want a major confrontatio
by cabalamat 5y ago
> Personally, I think they'd go for it.
If there were sizable numbers of US troops on Taiwan, I don't think they'd attack. They don't want a major confrontation, at least not yet.
- tablespoon 5y ago> If there were sizable numbers of US troops on Taiwan, I don't think they'd attack. They don't want a major confrontation, at least not yet. There's a decent chance at this point that all those troops would do is hold the airport for a rushed evacuation mission.
- hker 5y agoUS is prioritizing South China Sea and Taiwan Strait after its exit from Afghanistan. US sails ship through South China Sea days after China institutes new maritime ID rules [1] [1]: https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/politics/us-south-china-sea-maritime-id-rules/index.html https://www.cnn.com/2021/09/08/politics/us-south-china-sea-m...
- mr_toad 5y agoYou can’t compare Afghanistan and Taiwan. The US never really cared about Afghanistan once they got rid of Al-Qaeda and Bin Laden. They only stayed as long they did because the optics of leaving were always going to be bad. The US does care about Taiwan, because of real economic interests.
- sumedh 5y agoTaiwan has TSMC so the US needs to protect Taiwan for its strategic needs.
- tablespoon 5y ago> Taiwan has TSMC so the US needs to protect Taiwan for its strategic needs. Eh. I think there are plenty of American decision-makers who are motivated to figure out a rationale for swallowing a loss like that.
- sudosysgen 5y agoAbsolutely not. US troops in Taiwan create a long term issue. It's objectively better for China to strike Taiwan before there are sizeable troops there than wait for those trooos to accumulate forever. China would strike as soon as US troops officially settle in China in a military and not police/security/training/sales capacity.