The US does not care about Taiwan, Uyghurs, 'democracy'. perspective, the concept of a great power rivalry with China has driven this back up the agenda,' 'We can't just assume that we know what either Washington or Tokyo would do in a crisis.' -4 'That, I think, is in fact why the alliance has to talk about this now,' Cooper said. 'I think in that case you'd see very close cooperation between the US and Japan to respond militarily and perhaps even to try and support Taiwan,' Cooper said.īut it's not clear that Japan and the US have a plan for such a scenario or have even discussed one. Japan has a pacifist constitution, and Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga has said that his recent expression of support in a joint statement with President Joe Biden 'does not presuppose military involvement at all.'Ī major factor is whether the PLA attacks bases in Japan. Japan has recently been more vocal about Taiwan, but Tokyo has made no official statements about how it would respond to an invasion. of a Chinese attack on Taiwan are growing, and Taiwan isn't sure who would help if it happened Time for China to back off and concentrate on internal matters rather than conquest of territory and other people.

It will only make more enemies for itself as it does internally when it represses an new section of its own citizens. If China is unable to reach its goal's without violently taking freedom away from others, it has no business at the top and will spend little time there if it reaches it.Ĭhina may not like other nations, their democracy and personal freedoms, but it has no right to make or force others to bend to it's will. Jinping Xi has delusions of grandeur and that is generally the reason one nation invades a peaceful neighbor. It can only be started by China invading a land not its own, to rule people not under it's influence. But it will be a war that was not necessary. This will not be a religious war, thank goodness. People die by the thousands because a few people want to exert their will over a people not currently under their control. It is the politicians that start wars for their own ego's.

It's not going to be up to the military,' he said.

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