Now China sees its chance to take Taiwan without the Free World doing anything more than condemn their "action".
The U.S. response to the invasion of Georgia was embarrassing. President Bush chose not to interrupt his Beijing itinerary of watching basketball and beach volleyball, and his administration's lackadaisical actions sent a clear message to his Chinese hosts about waning American will to stand by its allies. The initial call by both presidential candidate Barack Obama and President Bush that both aggressor and victim stand down must have been music to China's ears.
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Over 1,000 ballistic missiles, 300 advanced fighters, dozens of submarines and destroyers are poised to wreak havoc on the small, isolated island. As China grows stronger it is no longer fanciful to imagine it pulling a Putin, trumping up any number of Taiwanese "provocations" as a pretext to attack.
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America's tepid response to Russia's invasion of Georgia has harmed its ability to act as a global deterrent. If Washington was slow in response to Georgia, a country that it sponsored for NATO membership, whose president it feted at the White House in 2006 and that hosted President Bush in 2005 with great fanfare, Beijing must wonder if the United States would do anything for isolated Taiwan. Unlike Georgia, Taiwan is a pariah in the international community.
Washington's complicity in Taiwan's isolation only tempts Chinese aggression. While Russia's actions have sent a harmful signal to all would-be aggressors, a Chinese invasion of Taiwan is far from inevitable. The United States can recapitalize its maritime and air forces in the Pacific, and make it clear that it will defend Taiwan from attack. America is a $15 trillion economy that can afford the weapons it needs to keep the peace in the Pacific. While Beijing's military threat to Taiwan should be taken seriously, China is a $3 trillion economy with a host of domestic problems.
You know, the International Left and the mainstream media are obviously fine with what's happening, practicing an unacceptable double standard, demonizing Israel for her self-defence and not caring that she's made suicidal concessions to the hateful "Palestinian" Muslims in a quest for peace she knows will never come unless she fully occupies the land that belongs to her and not to the occupying hateful, murderous Muslim masses. It's time for Israel to move in to Judea and Samaria and push the Muslims out into Muslim nations, who are supposed to accept them as brothers, but who have always refused, something the Left and the MSM don't want to talk about.
If it's ok for Russia and China, then leave Israel alone no matter what, you Leftists and MSMers. And shut up about our presence in Iraq and Afghanistan already! Just shut up, as long as you're all shut up about Russia and are and will be about China!
Oh, and what good is the "United Nations"? Russia is telling them what's what! And they're saying, "ok"!
