April 20, 2023
China is Free to Invade Taiwan
Courtesy of Nikki Grace
Tim adds:
The One China Policy was always a terrible idea. Nixon started it to open relations with China and split them away from the Soviet axis, but it was just long-term stupid. We should have recognized them as an independent country decades ago. Now an invasion of Taiwan is merely a sovereign nation asserting authority over a renegade province. We have no right or duty to invervene in any capacity. If we do the worled will see it as pure high-handedness on our part.
Dr. Lani Kass, retired DoD consultant:
US policy toward Taiwan has been deliberately ambiguous since 1979. We have a One China policy which recognises the PRC’s sovereignty over Taiwan. There’s no Taiwanese embassy in Washington or a US embassy in Taipei. Only 12 UN members recognise Taiwan’s independence and maintain a diplomatic relationship with it. The US isn’t one of them. Then we have the Taiwan Relations Act, under which we can sell defensive weapons to the island. There’s no treaty commitment. But, then, there’s no treaty with Ukraine either.
Tim adds:
The One China Policy was always a terrible idea. Nixon started it to open relations with China and split them away from the Soviet axis, but it was just long-term stupid. We should have recognized them as an independent country decades ago. Now an invasion of Taiwan is merely a sovereign nation asserting authority over a renegade province. We have no right or duty to invervene in any capacity. If we do the worled will see it as pure high-handedness on our part.
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