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To: Kevmo

My question to China is, “why”? Why attack Taiwan?


4 posted on 03/30/2022 4:28:59 AM PDT by nikos1121
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To: nikos1121

A take over of Taiwan by the ChiComs would hopefully end all economic ties to China and the rest of the third world. For God’s sake it’ time to bring all manufacturing home. It’s time to tell globalists to stuff it up their a$$e$.


7 posted on 03/30/2022 5:33:18 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: nikos1121

“My question to China is, “why”? Why attack Taiwan?”

Taiwan is Silicon Valley east. 90% of our chips come from Taiwan.

China would love to own that capacity and know-how and to further increase our reliance on China for our manufacturing capacity. Trust me when I say you cannot build refrigerators without chips, much less heavy machinery and vehicles.

Wall Street has this nation up against the wall.


8 posted on 03/30/2022 7:05:48 AM PDT by Bshaw (A nefarious deceit is upon us all!)
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To: nikos1121

China must attack Taiwan because its existence shows weakness of the Chinese .gov.

If they are to be a world power they must act like one—and therefore cannot allow Taiwan to be a hostile neighbor.

The world is about power—Western folks are often too naive to understand this.


9 posted on 03/30/2022 7:09:03 AM PDT by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it. Think of it as the Cantillon Effect in action.)
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To: nikos1121

My question to China is, “why”? Why attack Taiwan?


Geography!

Look at a map. In a war China’s Navy would be bottled up in their ports. They have no clear access to the the Pacific Ocean without being at risk from land based aircraft.

It is not the United States that is protecting Taiwan, it is the other nations in the region.

Australia, the Philippine, South Korea, Japan, Viet Nam, Malaysia and India are all potential enemies of China.

Also, China has the same problem Russia has, corruption in their military. Everyone from top to bottom is skimming a little out of the military budget and reporting to the top that everything is just fine.

Last, Ukraine is showing just how difficult it is to invade another nation that is prepared and have the weapons to defend themselves. And unlike Russia, the Chinese would have to move troops and supplies crossed a well guarded body of water.


11 posted on 03/30/2022 9:09:33 AM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
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