• F_State@midwest.social
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    3 days ago

    Obviously no good can come of this domestically, but since all the Generals will be there instead of doing their jobs, it would also be a window of opportunity for China to invade Taiwan.

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      3 days ago

      Yeah. Unless of course it’s not the 18th century and it no longer matters where a General is physically located.

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        3 days ago

        It always matters, especially with the increasing importance of Electromagnetic warfare capabilities.

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          2 days ago

          You know US personnel isn’t stationed on Taiwan (but pacific bases hours away like Okinawa) and there is such a thing as chain of command.

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            2 days ago

            Since Japan is widely expected to enter into such a conflict, there’s strong speculation that any attack on Taiwan would be preceded by a first strike against Japan and US forces there.

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              2 days ago

              Highly unlikely. Neither the US or Japan are guaranteed to act in Taiwan’s favour. Especially in a borderline situation. If the CCP has strategy (and it usually does), it will push limits and borderline situations.

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        2 days ago

        A fascist country with widespread human rights abuses invading/conquering a neighboring Democracy? Yes, very bad.

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          15 hours ago

          With how the “but” is placed it reads like “nothing good will come out of this but…” which looks like you might be saying it’s a good thing. It was confusing to parse for me