One of the most pressing and frequently debated questions in East Asian geopolitics is this: Will the United States come to the defense of Taiwan’s administration if war breaks out across the Strait?
Even Yemen - after endless bombing by US-Saudi coalition and a blockade which starved the population for a decade - has forced the US Navy to stay 1000km from their would-be targets for safety. In the last century, mighty carrier battle groups could anchor themselves in sight of shore as a demonstration of power. Today they are effectively reduced to 36 hour hit-and-run missions which can be repeated maybe twice a month. The days when the US military can fight a real war in East Asia are firmly in the past.
That doesn't mean Washington wouldn't view the conflict as a price well worth paying for the sake of destabilizing China, and attempt to trick others into fighting it for them (Philippines in particular). But only after TSMC transfers their tech to the US. One hopes Taipei is savvy enough to avoid being used in this way.
Kissinger's aphorism about US proxies remains as relevant as ever - to be an enemy of the US is dangerous, to be its friend is often fatal.
The AI artist is showing a bias. Uncle Sam should be dressed like G.I. Joe, holding a shop vac hose in one hand with the hose emptying Taiwan's treasury into US Federal Reserve, while he water boards Taiwan with the other hand.
When do you think a potential war will break out?
Hell no.
Even Yemen - after endless bombing by US-Saudi coalition and a blockade which starved the population for a decade - has forced the US Navy to stay 1000km from their would-be targets for safety. In the last century, mighty carrier battle groups could anchor themselves in sight of shore as a demonstration of power. Today they are effectively reduced to 36 hour hit-and-run missions which can be repeated maybe twice a month. The days when the US military can fight a real war in East Asia are firmly in the past.
That doesn't mean Washington wouldn't view the conflict as a price well worth paying for the sake of destabilizing China, and attempt to trick others into fighting it for them (Philippines in particular). But only after TSMC transfers their tech to the US. One hopes Taipei is savvy enough to avoid being used in this way.
Kissinger's aphorism about US proxies remains as relevant as ever - to be an enemy of the US is dangerous, to be its friend is often fatal.
The AI artist is showing a bias. Uncle Sam should be dressed like G.I. Joe, holding a shop vac hose in one hand with the hose emptying Taiwan's treasury into US Federal Reserve, while he water boards Taiwan with the other hand.