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Once the US has the capacity to replace TSMC then you might see an attack, for totally unrelated reasons of course.
by Guthur 4y ago
Once the US has the capacity to replace TSMC then you might see an attack, for totally unrelated reasons of course.
- pjc50 4y agoI can't follow what the alleged innuendo is here?
- skywal_l 4y agoAccording to parent the US would not defend Taiwan then because there would be no intensive to do so as the US economy would not longer depend on Taiwanese chip production.
- hef19898 4y agoBecause the only reason for that is chips, and not, I don't know, geopolitical dominance of the Pacific.
- michaelt 4y agoThe US policy towards Taiwan is "Strategic Ambiguity" [1] That means things like having a de-facto embassy but not calling it an embassy. Having a one China policy, and doing a gigantic amount of trade with China, while not agreeing to Beijing's claims of sovereignty over Taiwan. Going 35 years without a phone call between leaders - but selling them tanks, drones and jet fighters. Having a "robust unofficial relationship" whatever that means. People think the US might not defend Taiwan because the foreign policy of the US is that they might not defend Taiwan. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_of_deliberate_ambiguity#Taiwan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_of_deliberate_ambiguity...
- mcv 4y agoI would prefer if the US made it unambiguously clear that they're going to defend a country against invasion. In Ukraine we're seeing what ambiguity can lead to.
- Izkata 4y agoBiden did make it unambiguous a month or so ago: If Taiwan is invaded, we would defend them.
- mastax 4y agoWhich the white house immediately walked back. That's happened at least 4 times now so it's definitely a deliberate strategy. A strategy of deliberate ambiguity, one might say.
- mcv 4y agoWhich means both Taiwan and China have no idea what to expect. And if China thinks the US won't defend while Taiwan thinks they will, you've got a war on your hands that wouldn't happen if it was unambiguously clear that the US would defend.
- hef19898 4y agoWhat makes you think the US, China and Taiwan are only communicating through public statements and press releases?
- snovv_crash 4y agoThis is intentional. If Taiwan knew they could rely 100% on the USA then they wouldn't need to invest in their own defense. This posture puts Taiwan as responsible for their own defense with the US as an insurance policy/economic backstop, in case mainland pulls a rabbit out of a hat.
- actionfromafar 4y agoTrue. In the Ukraine we also see what it leads to when the US draws such a red line, then does nothing when it happens. (Chemical weapons in Syria.) So if you make ultimatums, be sure you can back them.
- hef19898 4y agoI agree. This shows the moral sub-optimal position NATO and Western democracies are in after decades worth of invasions and occupations all over the world.
- sebzim4500 4y agoWhile the US leaves their view on Taiwan's independence ambiguous, Biden was extremely clear in his answer that the US forces would respond directly to a Chinese invasion of Taiwan.
- Guthur 4y agoAll wrong, my point is that when there is an opportunity for crooks to make a financial killing by wiping out their main rival in highend semi conductors then the time will be ripe to push for yet another war. How many wars, how many deaths, how much suffering before we see them for crooks they are.
- pjc50 4y agoI think people are already aware that the CCP are crooks causing considerable suffering, especially in non-Han regions like Tibet and Xinjiang?
- formerly_proven 4y agoLeast one-dimensional geopolitics internet expert.