JoeB131
Diamond Member
You miss my point. (Also kind of weird you are archiving my past statements)Also Joe
Gaza isn't part of Israel and has no desire to be.
Ukraine is not part of Russia and has no desire to be. Incidentally, I have no problem with the Donbas and Crimea becoming part of Russia if that is the wish of the majority, but what Putin did was unacceptable. I also blame Zelensky for not holding to the Minsk Accords to resolve the Donbas issue.
Taiwan, on the other hand, is part of China and is recognized by the international community as such. 97% of the population is Han Chinese; they speak Mandarin and write Hanzi. Oh, yeah, and here's the big one: It calls itself "The Republic of China" and held China's vote in the UN from 1949 to 1971.
So, ultimately, the conflict between Taipei and Beijing is an internal conflict within China.
We shouldn't be involved.
Sure, it's easy to cheer for Taiwan in that it converted from Chiang's fascist dictatorship to a functioning democracy.
But we need to appreciate that from China's perspective, Taiwan is another example of outside powers interfering in their internal affairs, going all the way back to the Opium wars.
Now, yes, I have a bit of a pro-Chinese bias. My wife is a Chinese national and I get a very different perspective on this issue.
But is Taiwan worth WWIII? Absolutely not.