It's a tripwire. The same reason we had the Berlin Brigade during the cold war. If China takes a hostile act, American troops will die and it forces us to go to war.
I think it's one of those *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* sort of things. America knows they are sending soldiers. China knows America is sending soldiers. But if China reacts to this provocation America will be all "shucks, they aren't there as soldiers; they are just doing training; don't even have weapons with them or nothin'.
Which "right-wingers" have you been talking to? No-name randos in some forum or winos on the street?
As far as I've seen, the only mainstream "right-wing" positions re: China are
we should keep doing business with China because we get cheap stuff, guys! (Shapiroesque neocons)
or
we should decouple from China because they are a totalitarian, racial supremacist, communist regime that will do everything it can to undermine our society because it hates us. (Bannon populists)
We dont need troops there except to be used as a sacrifice to use as an excuse to go war. Its like vietnam where north viets had russian advisors, so our bombers cant bomb certain targets becuase killing the advisor would give russia excuse to go all in.
Yup. The Taiwan government, and a lot of the people are the survivors that fled from the communist revolution massacre under Mao. They've been axing commie infiltrators on their island for decades.
Finally, enough troops to have a ping pong tournament.
It's a tripwire. The same reason we had the Berlin Brigade during the cold war. If China takes a hostile act, American troops will die and it forces us to go to war.
So John Cornyn was correct when he was talking about US troops in Taiwan? Wasn't this always denied?
I think it's one of those *wink* *wink* *nudge* *nudge* sort of things. America knows they are sending soldiers. China knows America is sending soldiers. But if China reacts to this provocation America will be all "shucks, they aren't there as soldiers; they are just doing training; don't even have weapons with them or nothin'.
Ignore the fact that their standard issue rifle is the same as ours
Which "right-wingers" have you been talking to? No-name randos in some forum or winos on the street?
As far as I've seen, the only mainstream "right-wing" positions re: China are
or
you forgot
'But what if, you know, the island... I'm worried it might, what's the word? Start to tip if they're all on the same side?'
--Hank "Dumbest Man in Whatever Room He's Standing In" Johnson (D, GA)
We dont need troops there except to be used as a sacrifice to use as an excuse to go war. Its like vietnam where north viets had russian advisors, so our bombers cant bomb certain targets becuase killing the advisor would give russia excuse to go all in.
Yup. The Taiwan government, and a lot of the people are the survivors that fled from the communist revolution massacre under Mao. They've been axing commie infiltrators on their island for decades.