You don't really believe that we would go to war with China in order
to preseve Taiwan's independence?

We spent 20 years trying to persuade the world that China ("Red
China") and Taiwan ("Formosa") were one and the same, with the
government located in Taipei. Why would we destroy Chinese and
American civilization now that China agrees with us (with the
comparatively minor difference that the seat of government is in
Beijing)?

On Wed, 17 Mar 2004 07:02:26 -0800, Henry J Cobb wrote:

Cub Driver wrote:
We are not going to get into a shooting war with the Chinese. That is
the one war that cannot be fought, and fortunately the Chinese seem to
realize it as well as we do. Every year that goes by makes a war even
more improbable.

Then what are they getting prepared for?

Military balance goes against Taiwan
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3545361.stm

-HJC

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