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Technically, the US official position on Taiwan is that they are not even independent, let alone an ally. Of course it would be silly to sell them Aegis missi
by woooooo 3y ago
Technically, the US official position on Taiwan is that they are not even independent, let alone an ally.
Of course it would be silly to sell them Aegis missile systems if we really believed that. But that's our official position.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agohttps://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-05/us-upgrades-taiwan-weapons-package-with-newer-patriot-missiles https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-12-05/us-upgrad... > US Upgrades Taiwan Weapons Package With Newer Patriot Missiles Not an ally though.
- woooooo 3y agoCorrect. Not even officially recognized as a country, it came out of the Nixon talks. Yes, it's silly.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 3y agoThey can be both an ally and not officially recognized as a country due to complicated political and diplomatic reasons.
- woooooo 3y agoNot without sprinkling the word "unofficially" in front of various nouns, including the key noun "ally".
- stale2002 3y agoIn the context of my comment, any group that receives significant military funding or support from the US counts as an Ally. The dictionary definition is irrelevant to my point, because I wasn't using your definition of the word ally. So my original point stands.