[Jacquerie]

The time to threaten a move on Taiwan will be when the rats control Congress and the Presidency. When that happens I predict the US will shamefully toss Taiwan to the barbarians in exchange for face saving future promises.

[hinckley buzzard]

The time to threaten a move on Taiwan will be when the rats control Congress and the Presidency

History suggests this would be a bad idea. 'Rat regimes dither and appear indecisive, because they are, and thus encourage aggressors who expect the propitiation you predict. But internal politics and plain reality impel them to respond with force. Roosevelt did it in WW II, Truman did it in Korea, Kennedy did it in VietNam. If it came to pass, Clinton would do it in the Straits of Taiwan.