It’s going to happen. Taiwan will take an Israel mentality. They know there’s no other option.
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Sure there is! Elect another Ma Ying-jeou type who can fly direct to Beijing to sign a (falsely named) “peace agreement” and then watch our sovereignty fall apart.
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Putin is 100 percent right on Bandera and by criticizing the Ukraine’s worship of Bandera. Stepan Bandera - Wikipedia
This person was recognised by the Ukraine as a hero in the early 2000s and is celebrated by their elite units. in 2022.
It is akin to celebrating these equivalents. 13th Waffen Mountain Division of the SS Handschar (1st Croatian) - Wikipedia
Ante Pavelić - Wikipedia
Russia was wrong to invade but this black/white/view is for simpletons. Russia is skittish about its borders and always has been, NATO expanded contrary to assurances given to James Baker in the 1990s, etc. Ukraine overthrew their democratically elected president during Euromaidan and the West led them on the NATO/EU promise path, perhaps dangerously.
Putin has pulled off a shock win that could destroy the free world (telegraph.co.uk)
Putin struck at the right time: the zombified Western economy was in the doldrums. Covid was a disaster of unpreparedness and errors, increasing national debts and inflation and entrenching a dependency culture. But the Russian tyrant’s canniest move was to understand just how suicidal our energy policy had become. A toxic brew of net zero ideology, deep hypocrisy about decarbonising without making the nuclear effort, endemic nimbyism, short-termism and state incompetence had radically weakened the West
One difference is there were, and still are, plenty of Muslims around Israel who were ready to kill every Jew in Israel as a holy duty. True believers. And for religious reasons many of the Jews couldn’t just switch sides if they were given that option. After WW2 it was an existential issue and that has influenced decades of Israeli culture. On the other hand, the CCP would far prefer to sign up the Taiwanese, rather than kill them
But yeah, if the Taiwanese want to keep their country separate from China, and given that outside support can’t be 100% guaranteed, they would need that mentality. The ones that can’t leave, that is.
Hope for the best, plan for the worst
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Taiwan needs to develop a 破釜沉舟 attitude.
Conscription is coercive. If an individual is not in the right mindset when he’s being conscripted, it’s no good for anybody. Militia is formed out of civilians’ own volition, resulting in more resources pouring into the military through budget and manpower. The fact is 40% of Taiwan’s population wants to surrender to the Chinese Communists, so one can’t just expect conscription like what’s done in Israel, Finland or South Korea will solve the problem created by international de-recognition. Different predicaments require different strategies.
Taiwan was conscripting but that didn’t prevent a gradual decline of morale caused by US backing the Chinese Communists.
(by the way when the PLA starts invading, that 40% will drop instantly to below 20% due to public sentiment. Still a problematic portion at 20%)
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Robert Tsao is back in the news, again sharing his views.
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Business with China has been the driving factor of a loss of domestic investment, and exacerbating income stagnation/income inequality.