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US prepares for long war with China that might hit its bases, homeland: Peter Apps
(www.reuters.com)
this post was submitted on 16 May 2025
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A war with our dementia patient in chief in charge would surely go over well.
Honestly, I'm surprised china has moved yet. Trump and crew would bungle responses badly
Despite all the fearmongering, it's so far proved unnecessary. Ji is going to look at it in terms of cost/benefit, and as things sit, the costs are high and the benefit of getting a leveled Taiwan is minimal. The diplomatic costs in particular are fairly prohibitive, with China investing so much recently in trying to be a predictable, stable and peaceful world power that other countries can feel good partnering with.
It would be vastly preferable for all parties involved to maintain the status quo and continue to work towards peaceful reunification in the future. Assuming Taiwan doesn't do anything stupid, this patient approach has no real drawbacks. It did work several times in the past, after all.
Predicting his first public statement