12-11-2016, 11:55 AM
(12-05-2016, 09:58 PM)Cynic Hero 86 Wrote: > John X, Your ideas regarding the keeping the Truman doctrine
> regarding Taiwan is problematic because it expose the US to attack
> whenever Beijing finally decides it wants to conquer
> Taiwan. Repudiating the alliance would certainly expose Taiwan to
> invasion, but without the US alliance, a Chinese invasion of
> Taiwan wouldn't automatically mean a US vs China WW3. Regarding
> the possibility of trump walking back from proposed deportations,
> doing so would be a destabilizing factor in American internal
> stability because deportations would free up Jobs for Native-Born
> american use, and secondly would satiate nationalist and patriotic
> sentiments that caused his election in the first place thus
> stabilizing the US economy and American society.
The Taiwan issue really has nothing to do with the Truman doctrine any
more, as we have a mutual defense treaty with Taiwan, and we're
committed to providing a stream of weapons to allow Taiwan to defend
itself from a possible attack from China.
I've talked to people about the Taiwan issue for 12-13 years, and one
thing I've learned is that there would be huge outrage among the
politicians and the military to any attempt to repudiate the mutual
defense treaty. To the contrary, if China attacks Taiwan, then we'll
be at war with China within six hours. China knows that, and that's
why they haven't attacked so far -- that's where the Truman Doctrine
comes in.
