Taiwan appears to be the flashpoint for the US vs China coming war.
But why?
I get it. Microchips. An ally. Defeating communism and all that jazz.
But really break it down.
We attacked Venezuela. We're crossing swords with Iran. President Trump is indicating that Cuba will be next.
So how can we claim the moral high ground by claiming that Taiwan is off limits? Because they're an ally? Really? Iran appears to be at least loosely affiliated with China if not a direct partner. Same could have been said about Venezuela.
The quick and easy response is that global politics isn't about morality but instead about economics. Offshoring of chip production from Taiwan is already in process. So that kinda takes that off the table. If anything once the threat of China reclaiming that island became severe (about 10 or more years ago) a more reasonable response would have had us accelerating that movement to light speed.
This is just a debate subject and I'm not "all in" on giving Taiwan away but I just haven't really seen the justification for us spilling blood over that land.
Let me take it a step further.
Remember the Cuban missile crisis?
Lets fast forward that to today.
If China had a series of military base ringing the Gulf Of Mexico. If they regularly engaged in military exercises with say Mexico, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala and a few other countries what would our reaction be?
I'm not cheering for this or taking China's side. I just want the debate. I want to know what our foreign policy is actually based on.
I'll give a hint though.
Smedley Butler was right. WAR IS A RACKET!
