[MtnClimber]

Too bad Taiwan does not have a Rifle behind every blade of grass.

[Gay State Conservative]

Taiwan’s days of freedom might just be numbered.China knows that the only power able to prevent an invasion will do nothing.

[G Larry]

They issued the threat because it is less risky than the reality.

[Husker24]

China will never invade Taiwan.

[buckalfa]

4D chess. Xi gets Taiwan and the US out of Korea. The US gets the Nork threat neutralized and we still get cheap stuff from China and Seoul. Trump is willing to go balls to the wall, Congress and the Deep State not so much.

[PghBaldy]

My brother has lived in Taiwan for decades. Luckily, he is brilliant. I hope he can get out in time, if need be.

[sauropod]

bkmk

[familyop]

Communist or fascist, some nations want empire. Centralized governments of all kinds continue stubbornly with expansionism.

[17th Miss Regt]

but it only has war plans for the invasion and occupation of Taiwan.

Hogwash. China has war plans for the invasion of Taiwan, Vietnam, India, Laos, Burma, Russia and North Korea.

[Jim Noble]

Ah, the National Interest is afraid that our appetite for Mideast wars is fading.