Tuesday, March 15, 2005

Is War with PRC Coming?

Here's a thoughtful and disturbing analysis that claims that China is finalizing its plans to invade Taiwan.

The implications of such a move are (in a detached sense) fascinating, but truly frightening. One gets the feeling that China is becoming less and less scared of fighting a war with the U.S..

Militarily, such a move would be a disaster for the Chinese, but China does possess nuclear weapons that can reach the western American mainland (That I live in a major West coast city makes the issue especially frightening to me).

One thing seems clear to me: We've kowtowed Communist China far too long. Had we armed Taiwan when China wasn't in a position to do anything about it but complain, we wouldn't find ourselves approaching the brink of war.