Puzzle_Sluts_4Ever , 9 months ago

I have said it many times but Taiwan and Ukraine are very different situations.

Ukraine? We were all ready to abandon them the night of the invasion. Hell, we did exactly that when russia stole Crimea. Various nations provided limited support but it really boiled down to (speculation) russia taking too long between bombardment and getting troops to that airfield.

Taiwan? That won’t happen. Because even though TSMC is “branching out”, the vast majority of the “good” semiconductors still come out of Taiwan and will for at least the next decade or two (likely longer since Taiwan based TSMC won’t be sleeping). Taiwan falling will pretty much destroy the tech hardware parts of the economy overnight and lead to mass shortages that basically every “global north” country will have to deal with. And there is zero chance that Taiwan doesn’t blow up the fabs as a “last one out gets the light” scenario.

Systematic rape and ethnic cleansing? We sleep. Not having highway assist in new cars? Mother fuckers, we dare winnie the poo to launch some nukes because it is on.

The more Taiwan can do to provide deterrents, the better. But you can bet all those :NATO won’t engage in a war that doesn’t involve defending one of our member states" excuses will go out the door as fast as it always does when we decide we give a shit.