tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post3982374243286631398..comments2023-10-26T22:53:59.503+08:00Comments on The Far-Eastern Sweet Potato: Absent command of the air, Taiwan needs to go asymmetricalJ. Michael Cole 寇謐將http://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-11511280322826107942011-09-29T05:01:17.339+08:002011-09-29T05:01:17.339+08:00I was thinking whether it would make sense, milita...I was thinking whether it would make sense, militarily, not politically, to station a battalion of US Marines there to carry out responsibilities and capabilities similar to a MEU. Of course there would be incredible political hurdles to overcome, but politics aside, would this effectively deter China from carrying an attack on Taiwan?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-69477815959664147242011-09-28T21:31:10.263+08:002011-09-28T21:31:10.263+08:00"Let's be frank."
OK then: hello &q...<i>"Let's be frank."</i><br /><br />OK then: hello "frank". <br /><br /><i>"If the Taiwanese wants to be independent and safe,it is a non starter."</i><br /><br />Until the PRC collapses, at which point it most certainly becomes a starter, with a main course and dessert to follow.<br /><br /><i>"This is the stark but uncomfortable reality facing Taiwan."</i><br /><br />Passing off a standing threat of violence as "reality" is how a snivelling little coward would go about endorsing the threat - he wouldn't want to say so explicitly.<br /><br />Come out from under your rock "frank" and tell everyone who you are.Mike Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745281285031316740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-28370760009985115852011-09-28T19:05:01.774+08:002011-09-28T19:05:01.774+08:00@Anonymous: I notice you have been posting a lot o...@Anonymous: I notice you have been posting a lot of comments on my site lately. While we obviously differ markedly in our assessment of the situation in the Taiwan Strait and the future of Taiwan, I nevertheless welcome your views, if only as a means to show my readers a different perspective on what’s going on, and now strident the rhetoric can get. That being said, if you’re to remain anonymous, I would appreciate if you could state your nationality (I think I can infer this one), location, as well as institutional affiliation, so that we can have an idea who we are dealing with.J. Michael Cole 寇謐將https://www.blogger.com/profile/12125612369359079447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29099853.post-19288465165159281402011-09-28T10:28:31.651+08:002011-09-28T10:28:31.651+08:00Let's be frank. If the Taiwanese wants to be ...Let's be frank. If the Taiwanese wants to be independent and safe,it is a non starter.You can only be safe ie free from PLA attack if you don't declare independence.<br />If the Taiwanese were to declare independence with or without US backing and supported by the Japs,China need not take the island intact. They will destroy the island.<br />No amount of US miltary intervention can prevent this. This is the stark but uncomfortable reality facing Taiwan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com