• zephyreks@lemmy.mlM
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    1 year ago

    Except… It’s really not? Taiwan’s chip factories are simply leverage to drag the West into any potential conflict between the PRC and ROC. Taiwan’s defence strategy involves being an island in the ocean built up of mountains, jungle, and cities (all terrain where the defender is extremely favoured), mandatory military service for citizens, and being so economically/culturally tied to the mainland that it’s infeasible to break off relations. Taiwan is basically seeking reunification without explicitly seeking reunification: their core defensive strategy relies on being as close to China as possible while being too painful to actually invade.

    Of course, this kind of policy didn’t help Cuba, but…

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        1 year ago

        Cuba ended up getting blockaded because they were too hard to invade lol

        Sorry, “quarantined”

        Because a blockade would be a declaration of war