[bunkerhill7]

Dambusters

[Blue Highway]

Dumb-busters

[BenLurkin]

I really doubt that Taiwan would destroy a dam "preemptively".

Now if the Reds invade then that's another story.

And would the Reds nuke Taiwan? I don't think so - they need it a a prosperous province ala Hong Kong in order to pay for the perennial failure of socialism.

[Congressman Billybob]

There is no reason for Taiwan to make any "preemptive strike on the Three Gorges Dam." It will be a few years yet before the lake behind that dam is full. Then, if the dam is breahed, the center of China will be washed away with deaths of up to 100 million people and incalcuable property damage.

So, the proper approach of the Taiwanese should be to "hold the Dam hostage." Taiwan should announce in public that in the event of a Chinese attack on Taiwan, it will blow the Dam. The same principles of destruction apply there as in the Ruhr Valley in Germany, shown in the WW II movie, "Dambusters." China will be yanked back from the status of a developing nation to a third-world nation in a week, if that Dam is blown. China should not be so stupid as to risk that result.

John / Billybob

[The Duke]

Sounds like sombody is feeling just a teeny weeny bit vulnerable! :)

[SengirV]

I'm sure Taiwan is getting ready to take on Mainland China. WTF?!?!?!?

[Physicist]

I don't get it. Why would Taiwan strike the dam "preemptively"? What would it preempt? Not a war: attacking China would undoubtedly precipitate one. Moreover, China's ability to attack Taiwan doesn't directly depend on the dam.

The only reason Taiwan would have for attacking the dam would be as revenge for an invasion from the mainland...but retribution is the logical opposite of preemption. Color me confused.

[LiberalBassTurds]

There's been a lot written about the viability, or lack thereof, of such a large damn being built upon fault ridden earth. It would be so Chinese if they had as a contingency plan to use a failure as an excuse to invade Taiwan blaming it on their sabotage. Even if they lose they win...as far as they are concerned.

LBT

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[endthematrix]

The Three Gorges Dam is known to be falling apart by itself, which leads to wonder if it will be a pretext to war.

[this_ol_patriot]

U.S.China told to use nukes if Islamo-fascist terror teams Taiwan hit twin towers.dam.

There that's better.

[plain talk]

in the wake of a recent US Defence Department report which suggested that Taiwan could target the dam in a pre-emptive strike.

?? Why would we tell the commies about this? Somehow I think this article is not talking about the Taiwanese government but perhaps Al Qaida-style terrorists who live in Taiwan, perhaps? This story is confusing.

[nicollo]

In the United States, they note, the authorities have the right to freeze the assets of anyone guilty of instigating secession.

Funny how they turn to imagined American statutes to justify their pretensions. This is a magnificent capitulation to America's historical victory.

Tiananmen, anywone?

(Oh, and Mao was a great lover of the Declaration of Independence.)

[Dr. Marten]

Taiwan does not have to blow up the 3G's Dam. China has done such a half-ass job of building it that it may take care of itself.