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>is the United States determined to deal with this earth war? How much are you willing to pay to protect Taiwan? Yes the US is very much determined to win such
by onepointsixC 4y ago
>is the United States determined to deal with this earth war? How much are you willing to pay to protect Taiwan?
Yes the US is very much determined to win such a war. A free and independent Taiwan is the linchpin of American foreign policy in Asia. America is willing to spend great fortunes in treasure and blood to keep it that way.
- quantum_state 4y agoCounting the track records … Vietnam, Afghan … apart from wasting lots of tax payer money and making the people in the area miserable, what else did we achieve?
- onepointsixC 4y agoThose are your go to for examples of the US lacking determination and resolve to stand by allies? Sure the US abandoned the South Vietnamese and the Afghan Governments, but only after two decades of military conflict in support of each. A dragged out conflict over Taiwan hurts the CCP the most.
- quantum_state 4y agoPlease remember the CCP has no feeling … hard to make it feel hurt. However, a dragged out conflict would hurt the people at TW and waste our money … let’s focus on building this country strong and take care the ppl here …
- onepointsixC 4y agoWhat a bizarre take. The people of Taiwan do not want to share the fate of Hong Kongers and are willing to fight to keep it that way. China imports 10 million barrels of oil a day. Any protracted conflict against the USN will see the CENTCOM stopping that flow of oil, which mostly comes from the Middle East. China is neither food nor energy secure and every additional month of conflict over Taiwan would be absolutely devastating to them. Let me guess you also oppose aiding Ukrainians?
- waffleiron 4y agoThe people of Taiwan also don’t want to be bombed and die.
- cycrutchfield 4y agoSounds a lot like Russian thinking about Ukrainian resolve. How’s that working out?
- cbozeman 4y agoEven without a war, China will be down to 650,000,000 people in the next 30-40 years. Throw a war into that mix and China's demographic numbers become even more grim.
- AbrahamParangi 4y agoIf you’re counting the track record of interventions shouldn’t you count WW1, WW2, the Korean War and the Cold War as well?
- TulliusCicero 4y agoAlso Kuwait in the first Iraq War.
- School-Cotton 4y agoIn both Vietnam and Afghanistan, the US was participating (on the losing side) in an asymmetric civil war between local factions. In Taiwan they would be allied with a modern state, with a modern military and very high support among the population, attempting to repel an invasion from a (de facto) foreign state. Completely different scenarios.
- hoseja 4y agoKeeping the US military ready and exercised, and the military-industrial complex alive and productive. The main goal of those wars. When was the last time PLA had a live conflict?