Concerned American
Diamond Member
Please take off your blinders. China has been guilty of imperialism since Mao. They have never made any secret of their desires to take Taiwan. They have violated their promise to the UK to not interfere with the gov't of Hong Kong. They have taken over Tibet. They are in conflict currently with India. They are creating militarized islands in the South China Sea and the have made threatening gestures toward US naval vessels in the FREE South China Sea shipping. As for your assertion re: US warships sailing the Straits of Taiwan, you are not very well informed. We have been doing exactly that since the '50s.You start with a lie, because China does not “want“ a war of conquest.The op accepts China's desire for a war of conquest
Talk from you about wanting “a real discussion and cost benefit analysis” now is pseudo-objective pretense. The issue has been explained clearly in the many links and comments I have provided. You haven’t even tried to present a strategy for preventing — or dealing with — this brewing crisis. What your complaint now amounts to ... is utterly irresponsible dodging of the question.
Let me put it this way: Imagine Donald Trump — or your imagined perfect candidate — had won the U.S. election. What would you have him do in regard to Taiwan? Recognize its independent sovereignty? Load the island up with thousands of new jet planes and missiles? Land U.S. marines on its shores? Send warships to permanently sail the Taiwan straights? How do you think China would respond to any of those measures?