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I think in geopolitics it's probably always sensible to be a little paranoid...or have some people whose job that is. But I think the Kinmen thing is less big t
by keepamovin 3y ago
I think in geopolitics it's probably always sensible to be a little paranoid...or have some people whose job that is. But I think the Kinmen thing is less big than it seems. It's already a militarized Taiwan island, and Taiwan and China are officially "still at war", so arguably the more provocative move is Taiwanese military presence there.
A handful of US troops is not a significant deployment, and I think there's many ways that US and Chinese militaries actually collaborate and communicate, and one of these is (most likely) through the plausibly deniable route of Taiwan.
- ClumsyPilot 3y agoYou misunderstand the job of these troops. Forward deployment like this are not there to threaten China. They are there, to tie down USA politicians. Suppose China makes a move on Taiwan, now they have to play around US troops or fear bringing USA into the war. US politicians now have troops stuck in a war zone, they can no longer just was their hands of the situation - that would be politically unacceptable. Imagine if Russia had even symbolical amount of troops stationed in Gaza, Israel would be in a difficult position, indiscriminate fire can kill them and start an incident
- keepamovin 3y agoOkay, I don't think it's me that misunderstands that it's not a threat, I think it's me that's on your side. Although your point is interesting and I hadn't considered it about the insurance policy aspect of the deployment. What's your background? :) haha :)