SinoChallenger
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The hope of a peaceful reunification is fading.
- Ma Ying-Jeou said that he does not anticipate a summit with CCP leader even if he wins a second term
- Ma Ying-Jeou also said that any peace deal with the mainland must be subject to referendum
- Despite the above, Ma Ying-Jeou is barely leading in Taiwan polls against the hardcore Taiwan independence party
- When Ma Ying-Jeou said that he would be willing to make a peace deal in his second term, he immediately fell a few points in the polls
I believe China has no choice but to reunify by force. Peaceful reunification is a pipe dream. The vast majority of people in Taiwan have negative views of China.
By taking action to reunify, China immediately breaks through the first island chain with major strategic consequences:
- China gains the ability to project power to Diaoyu Islands, East China Sea and threaten US / Japanese bases in Okinawa
- China gains the ability to project power to the Philippines and also threaten Guam
- China gains Taiping Island, the biggest island in the South China Sea and the only one with fresh water
- China can access deep Pacific waters from naval bases on Taiwan's east coast, perfect for submarine warfare
In other words, reunification immediately gives China the ability to settle all of our maritime disputes by force and project power all over maritime Asia. This is absolutely vital today when the US has already declared cold war on us.
Peace across the Taiwan straits must be sacrificed. Taiwan has dragged its feet for too long. China's strategic imperatives dictate that we must take Taiwan!
- Ma Ying-Jeou said that he does not anticipate a summit with CCP leader even if he wins a second term
- Ma Ying-Jeou also said that any peace deal with the mainland must be subject to referendum
- Despite the above, Ma Ying-Jeou is barely leading in Taiwan polls against the hardcore Taiwan independence party
- When Ma Ying-Jeou said that he would be willing to make a peace deal in his second term, he immediately fell a few points in the polls
I believe China has no choice but to reunify by force. Peaceful reunification is a pipe dream. The vast majority of people in Taiwan have negative views of China.
By taking action to reunify, China immediately breaks through the first island chain with major strategic consequences:
- China gains the ability to project power to Diaoyu Islands, East China Sea and threaten US / Japanese bases in Okinawa
- China gains the ability to project power to the Philippines and also threaten Guam
- China gains Taiping Island, the biggest island in the South China Sea and the only one with fresh water
- China can access deep Pacific waters from naval bases on Taiwan's east coast, perfect for submarine warfare
In other words, reunification immediately gives China the ability to settle all of our maritime disputes by force and project power all over maritime Asia. This is absolutely vital today when the US has already declared cold war on us.
Peace across the Taiwan straits must be sacrificed. Taiwan has dragged its feet for too long. China's strategic imperatives dictate that we must take Taiwan!