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Jedi Guy

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35. Particularly considering the long held "strategic ambiguity" policy.

Thu Feb 19, 2026, 05:06 PM

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We've generally avoided saying just what we'd do if China got frisky to keep them guessing.

As a practical matter, if China invaded Taiwan I think we'd go to war to defend them and I think it'd be the right call. Quite apart from defending a friendly democratic nation from aggression, Taiwan manufactures a huge percentage of the world's computer processors and similar.

Allowing China to take Taiwan would give them a stranglehold over that critical industry. No way we could allow that to happen.

But that's just me being an armchair strategist, so what the hell do I know?

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