[tallhappy]

If Taiwan really wants independence, they must first realize that part of the problems with it is the historical precedencethat has been set.

They are. But when they do you tell them to shut up and that they are causing problems.

Our original mistake going back to the post WWII period was basing policy related to Taiwan on what two despotic regimes said.

That we have not altered it after 50 years is a tetamont to the inertia and incompetence of the foreign affairs elite.

[maui_hawaii]

The issue is larger than that. A lot of what is going on now isn't about setting new historical precedence. Its about favoring one political party's view.

Historical precedence is much larger than that.

Just because Howard Dean says something doesn't make it precedence.

We have to look beyond the office of Chen Shui Bian to see what is really going on and decipher politics from facts. Its bigger than him or his party.