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> Biden has clearly and repeatedly stated that the US would defend Taiwan And he was rebutted by the White House when it looked like he meant that the US would
by mytailorisrich 4y ago
> Biden has clearly and repeatedly stated that the US would defend Taiwan
And he was rebutted by the White House when it looked like he meant that the US would intervene militarily
No-one doubts that the US would help, e.g. by supplying intelligence, weapons, etc. as they do now. But they would not send troops and they would not engage (nice word to mean 'attack') the Chinese.
- nradov 4y agoThat's an open question, and the reality is that you have no clue what will really happen. Most likely the US would intervene militarily at some level with sea and air attacks, perhaps a blockade.
- mytailorisrich 4y agoNo, we have a good idea of what will happen and the US have always given clues in their actions (which have been to help but to never commit to intervene because, well, they know they won't...) > Most likely the US would intervene militarily at some level with sea and air attacks That's extremely unlikely to inconceivable because, again, the USA are not going to start a war with China because there's no path to winning, only to nuclear annihilation. Both sides know that. Both sides will not attack each other whatever happens.
- rdtwo 4y agoExactly limited warfare maybe to keep each other behind red lines. It’s bad though because sometimes there are mistakes and escalation