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> economic war, sanctions, naval blockade... US is importing a lot from China China’s navy is capable of disrupting things around China, and could prevent expo
by justin66 3y ago
> economic war, sanctions, naval blockade... US is importing a lot from China
China’s navy is capable of disrupting things around China, and could prevent exports from Taiwan from reaching other countries. The US Navy is capable of disrupting things everywhere, and could prevent ships carrying food and oil from reaching China.
> I do not think support for Taiwan would survive for very long.
I don’t know how to predict that, but the US would tangibly be giving up a lot by letting Taiwan fall. That alone is motivation that might have seemed somewhat lacking when comparing a confrontation with China over Taiwan with some of the other conflicts the US has recently taken part in.