"Taiwan = Crimea?" Topic
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 04 Apr 2018 6:35 p.m. PST |
In answer to a question at the Atlantic Council in Washington, D.C. Sarah Kirchberger, from the Institute for Security Policy at Germany's Kiel University, noted a senior Chinese naval official wrote, "We should do what Putin did in Crimea to Taiwan."… link |
 Cacique Caribe  | 05 Apr 2018 2:40 a.m. PST |
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| Tgunner | 05 Apr 2018 3:53 a.m. PST |
I don't see "green men" really working here. China has no bases in Taiwan and Taiwanese forces are better trained and prepared. The Trojan Horse was a one trick pony and so was the Crimea. Plus it helped that the West had no stomach for a confrontation at that time too. I'm not so sure that a similar tactic would work here. Trump seems more willing to confront China than Obama (see the tariffs he recently put on some Chinese goods). China's ability to pull a "slick one" here seems more limited. |
| Begemot | 05 Apr 2018 10:36 a.m. PST |
The great majority of Crimeans were happy to leave Ukraine and reunite with Russia. I suspect that isn't the case with Taiwan. |
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