re: Taiwan is its own country

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For more cheap shite?

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Bingo!

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Replace “Taiwan” with “Japan”. You can answer your own question.

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You can't just do that. That is like pretending that "Ukraine" is "France". Do we now have to go to war in Donbas because we are treaty bound to defend France?

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What if they moved on Japan? We, and the international community, just sit back and let it happen? South Korea?

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Then we would uphold our treaty obligations to defend Japan and South Korea.... we have no such treaty obligation with Taiwan.

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You saying we cannot apply any pressure on China at all? We just let them roll through Asia and do what they want? For more cheap shite?

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That isn't what I'm saying--can't speak for IB. But generally, we are not the world police force. We are only obligated to defend or protect the countries we have treaty obligations with. Nothing else is our business.