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#212 Will the US Abandon Taiwan? | Robert Spalding

China Unscripted

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The Implications of Global Thermonuclear War

If the PLA invades Taiwan, it's not to actually respond with military force. The US is merely going to evacuate some people and let them take the island. So why not invade? Why not do it now? Well I think they've already made the decision to invade. This is no difference in the decisions that were made. They were unpalatable decisions but these were decisions made nevertheless during the First Cold War.

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