War with China is no trivial matter. It will be far more dangerous to Americans than our present involvement in the Ukraine-Russia war.
This war will hit home squarely. Since imports from China greatly benefit us, the war will directly impact our lifestyles. That's in addition to the threat to our security from Chinese military actions against us.
What does this all add up to? Right now we are being put in very great danger vis-a-vis China. It is rooted in a dysfunctional policy on Taiwan the U.S. has kept since the end of World War 2.
That policy is finally collapsing in plain sight. And America's reaction? Congress is moving to tempt a catastrophic war with China.
What a sorry situation this is. Our constitution was established to, among other things, "promote the general welfare." Unfortunately Congress is now taking steps that will endanger our welfare over Taiwan.
So first let me tell you about the failed policy. Then we can look at the dangerous course Congress is contemplating.
Since the end of WW2 the U.S. has maintained a view toward Taiwan that doesn't match the facts. It involves the sovereignty of the island. We've allowed Taiwan's status to be grossly misrepresented to the public. Frankly, we just ducked the issue in the face of false foreign claims.
The sovereignty details are way too complex to cover here. Currently I'm involved in a detailed study that will set the record straight. When completed it will be published under the title "Who Really Owns Taiwan." It will present documented evidence that will make present claims indefensible.
After WW2 we got away with ignoring this sovereignty issue entirely at first. There wasn't any apparent consequence.
That all changed when the Communists took over mainland China. They began asserting their claim of sovereignty over Taiwan.
There was no factual basis for the Communists' claim. We didn't challenge it, however -- not in any real sense.
In my view our policy was, in effect, to "let sleeping dogs lie." In U.S. governmental circles this was tagged with the euphemism, "strategic ambiguity."
As it's turned out this amounts to "strategic buffoonery," if you ask me. Here's why. If we had confronted the People's Republic of China on her specious claim of sovereignty from the start we would have had a significant advantage. We would have been confronting a relatively weak and fledging nation. We would have been in a superior bargaining position.
Now the PRC is a strong world power. Its economy rivals ours. It possesses nuclear weaponry. And now it is hinting at a military invasion of Taiwan to remove the ambiguity about sovereignty.
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