Wow, what a twisted tale. Always good to read your accounts. It seems to me that the US should avoid entanglements that it is not wholly and thoroughly committed to winning at all costs. So, think of Taiwan as the next potential Afghanistan, and against an unbelievably more numerous and advanced foe than the Taliban...
I can’t decide if our decades long policy of deliberate ambiguity re Taiwan’s status is brilliant diplomacy or just stupid. If the former the comically mixed messaging from Biden and Blinken is magnificent statecraft that ought to be studied for ages. Or not.
Wow, what a twisted tale. Always good to read your accounts. It seems to me that the US should avoid entanglements that it is not wholly and thoroughly committed to winning at all costs. So, think of Taiwan as the next potential Afghanistan, and against an unbelievably more numerous and advanced foe than the Taliban...
Always learnng hopefully. I just finished a Hero of Two Worlds, biography of Lafayette. The later part of his life i did know very well. What a ride.
I can’t decide if our decades long policy of deliberate ambiguity re Taiwan’s status is brilliant diplomacy or just stupid. If the former the comically mixed messaging from Biden and Blinken is magnificent statecraft that ought to be studied for ages. Or not.
Jim, another well written and researched article. Lots of history i was not aware of.
Thanks Brannen