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[–]Canbot 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

I don't see your point. War is bad and should be avoided whenever possible. Especially when I don't give a fuck about Taiwan. I'm sorry for them, but realistically they aren't angels. Taiwan was a theocracy before China invaded. That means they weren't kinder to non budists than China is to them. And the budist lifestyle is shit. It is not virtuous to sit around doing nothing with the arrogant delusion that you are figuring out greater truth through sedentary meditation. They don't produce technology, or art, or even good theologians.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

War is bad and should be avoided whenever possible.

Yes I agree.

But when China is talking about invading and taking over, what do you expect the people to do? Just let their country get invaded and overthrown?

War should be avoided, but the only justifiable war is a defensive war.

So it's really China who is the problem, because they are continually trying to expand their empire by conquering new territory. If they would simply stop, then almost all war in the region would stop too. The CCP is the agitator.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

I am talking about the US and not getting involved with Taiwan. If you can get the rest of the world to agree that Taiwan should be free, and participate in sanctions against China to that effect awesome. If the Taiwanese people want to fight for their own homeland, that is their prerogative. They need to weigh that against all their other options.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

not getting involved with Taiwan.

The only reason Taiwan can defend itself is because of the US military. In exchange they manufacture goods for the US. And the US wants to stop Chinese expansion, so that's why the US supports Taiwan, and Philippines, and Japan. They're all buffers against Chinese expansion.

If the US just walked away from this arrangement tomorrow, then China would almost instantly be able to conquer most of Asia... and they've shown they're willing to do so... so if we want to discuss the situation intelligently we first have to acknowledge this reality.

I am anti-war, which is why the idea of the US suddenly pulling out of these places and leaving them helpless for China to conquer is a bad idea.

[–]Canbot 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

All we have to do is give Japan the green light. We are the only reason China exists today. Besides, what difference does it make how big China is? The bigger they are the faster they fall apart.

[–]magnora7[S] 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The bigger they are the faster they fall apart.

Not sure I agree with that logic.

All we have to do is give Japan the green light.

Last time we did that, Japan conquered China...

We are the only reason China exists today.

You mean through our consumerism buying Chinese-manufactured products? Can't disagree there.