by MarkWill » Mon Jan 09, 2017 10:15 am
I believe a part of this may be due to their neoconservative tendencies and affinity towards democracies and free-market nations. Opposition to China, politically, goes a long way back precisely for this reason.
Another part may simply be because they're playing along with this broader scheme, with Trump at the head of course, in which the U.S. plays as if it actually wants to officially recognize Taiwan, when they are actually intend to use it as leverage against China in negotiations over hacking or the South China Sea.
Either way, it's reckless and could end the status quo, quasi state of peace Taiwan existed in and might give China a pretense to take the island by force. I really don't think the U.S. is prepared for a war at this point, considering there are some in this country who like a foreign leader who kills his opposition more than our own president.
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