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Originally Posted by simonmark6
Taiwan is far more important to the US than the Falklands were to the UK so I seriously doubt if the Chinese seriously think that if they can take Taiwan whilst the Americans are napping that the US will go, "Ah well, nothing we can do now.." and wander away.
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That may be precisely what they might be thinking. The US has a poor track record when it comes to the idea of possibly losing tens of thousands of American troops somewhere offshore if the US homeland isn't at risk. Between Chicom propaganda on the one hand telling the US that American couch potatoes have nothing to fear while megacorporations with vested interests, such as Wal-Mart, lobby Congress OTOH to stay out of it, there's a high risk that Congress would not support a Presidential directive issued under the War Powers Act.