Comment by mrguyorama
7 hours ago
Why have they built innovative Taiwan invasion barges if they do not want war?
Building weapons to sink American carriers and boats and having a limited nuclear arsenal can be seen as trying to prevent the US from being able to blockade China from it's food and energy imports.
But there is no possible way to wave away the literal Taiwan invasion barges and the planning they signal. That's not something you build unless you plan on invading your island neighbor.
They want Taiwan. That's for sure. But they don't want war. War is a last resort action they will go to, to get Taiwan.
But war with the US? They don't want it and are trying to avoid it at all costs.
Taiwan is none of the US's business right? The war here is in actuality really just the US starting it. The US in the end will have to make a choice here. Do we fuck with China and Taiwan or do we not?
So in short. They want Taiwan. War can happen because the US is trying to start war. So the barges you see are in preperation for that.
Do you mean they don't "want war with the US"? Because right now you seem to be saying that China "doesn't want war, they just want to annex another sovereign country".
Likewise, I wouldn't describe having defensive allies as "trying to start war". That's starting to sound like the Russian "we're only bombing them because they didn't immediately surrender, so it's their fault" school of thought.
>Do you mean they don't "want war with the US"? Because right now you seem to be saying that China "doesn't want war, they just want to annex another sovereign country".
From Chinas point of view it's not another sovereign country. But from the US pov, it's a pawn they can use to fuck with China as much as possible to stop the ascendency to power. Also the US doesn't recognize Taiwan as a sovereign country. They never fucking did.
>Likewise, I wouldn't describe having defensive allies as "trying to start war". That's starting to sound like the Russian "we're only bombing them because they didn't immediately surrender, so it's their fault" school of thought.
Taiwan was never an ally. I'm Taiwanese. I know. The USA doesn't give a flying fuck about Taiwan. Like I said the UN and the US never recognized Taiwan as a sovereign country and the US has NOT promised to back Taiwan in the event of a take over.
Two things America cares about: Technology and Power. So right now you're busy extracting OUR technology by making us build unprofitable chip factories on your soil AND you're refusing to allow China to have that technology as well. It is WELL KNOWN among taiwanese people that the US factories are fucking useless from a profit perspective.
Either way. War is not possible. If China and the US go to war, rest assured if the China starts losing, they're going to prevent loss by slaughtering everyone in DC with a nuclear bomb. The losing country in it's desperation will turn to nukes. Even the US can do that. Imagine Chinese troops at the doorstep of the whitehouse, what will trump do? Nuke half of China that's what.
So war technically won't happen. Nobody in actuallity wants it. It's all sabre rattling.