▲ 525 ▼ Taiwan reports second large-scale China air force incursion this week (www.reuters.com) submitted 3 years ago by RandAlThor@lemmy.ca to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml 995 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml [B] 27 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 child) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yeah, you can say in a meaningful sense that the US co-founded Taiwan. I personally think that part of the reason the US wants to recreate Taiwan's manufacturing capacity is that it makes Taiwan much more expendable, meaning it can be used for military provocations and even war (as some US generals are openly calling for or predicting) without risking the loss of an irreplaceable economic asset to the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml [B] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago I thought the US Taiwanese support had more to do with keeping an open lane in East China Sea? If they can win over Taiwan somehow then that would be completely closed off in a potential future conflict. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GarbageShoot@hexbear.net 22 points 3 years ago (2 children) Yeah, you can say in a meaningful sense that the US co-founded Taiwan. I personally think that part of the reason the US wants to recreate Taiwan's manufacturing capacity is that it makes Taiwan much more expendable, meaning it can be used for military provocations and even war (as some US generals are openly calling for or predicting) without risking the loss of an irreplaceable economic asset to the US. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml [B] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent [–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago I thought the US Taiwanese support had more to do with keeping an open lane in East China Sea? If they can win over Taiwan somehow then that would be completely closed off in a potential future conflict. permalink fedilink source parent
[+] doom_and_gloom@lemmy.ml [B] 9 points 3 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) [deleted] permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 1 point 3 years ago I thought the US Taiwanese support had more to do with keeping an open lane in East China Sea? If they can win over Taiwan somehow then that would be completely closed off in a potential future conflict. permalink fedilink source parent