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To: Maurice Winn who wrote (78841)10/19/2004 3:47:06 AM
From: LindyBill  Read Replies (1) of 793843
 
I think Bush is more likely to defend Taiwan against totalitarian attack [from China].


I have been changing my mind about the way to handle the Taiwan/China situation.

If I were Prez, I would have the Taiwanese informed that they needed to do two things to keep us happy.

1) Tone down the "independence" rhetoric.

2) Arm themselves better to defend against an air/sea attack by China.

China knows-from a rational standpoint-that they cannot afford to invade Taiwan. But they might go "wog" on us and try for it if they are aggravated too much by Taiwan. Taiwan needs to keep a low profile politically and and high profile militarily to keep China in line. Taiwan is going to end up totally intregated with China economically. They can stay out politically by fending them off until the leadership changes.

The worst thing we could do is get in a fight with China over Taiwan. The way to stay out of one is to keep Taiwan leashed. Taiwan tends to depend on us too much to keep China at bay.

Time is going to solve the China problem. The more they connect to the rest of the world, the better for the world. Bush came into office with very hostile China policy. That fit right in with the Pentagon, which recast China as our number one enemy when the Soviets went under. Events are changing that situation.
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