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Originally Posted by Musashi
Here is a question though. Is Taiwan worth a war with China, for the US? Also, I can't remember where I read it, but maybe around 4-6 months ago I remember that a lot of the countries in the area were saying that they would not get involved if China took action regarding Taiwan. I don't remember many specifics, but I seem to remember Australia was one of those countries.
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i think it becomes (if nothing else) a matter of principle and reputation for us. back in the cold war we swore on a stgack of bibles that we would defend tiawan to trhe death against mainland china.
given our current state of diplomatic disrepair, we probably can't afford not to defend the taiwaneese.
remember, WWI started in part because the russians woulnd't back down as the protector of Serbia. the reason the central powers initiated the crisis was that russia backed down the couple of times before. going to the well too many times is massively dnagerous in globalpolitics
John