cross-posted from: https://lemmy.zip/post/45325294
Taiwan’s failure to secure a trade deal with Donald Trump before his August 1 deadline has deepened fears that Washington could water down security support for Taipei to smooth relations with Beijing.
Trump on Thursday imposed a 20 per cent tariff on imports from Taiwan. The levies are due to take effect next week.
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Surprise! The world is complex and all three can be not good for anyone, with room for more bad actors besides. Plus, while China isn’t at war with anyone (and hasn’t, as you said, been at war for fifty years), it doesn’t mean that they haven’t signaled their intention to take Taiwan - militarily, if needed, nor that they aren’t abhorrent in just the same way their international peers are (See: Uyghurs, the Chinese surveillance state, excessive force response to protests, etc.). This isn’t a defense of the US, but rather to say that acknowledging the shortcomings of China and Russia (which frankly should not be in the same category as the US and China) is not a way of blaming them for the shortcomings of the US, it’s just being realistic.
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If you believe I am “both-sidesing” this, then you have missed the point. I’m not going to defend the actions of the US because, frankly, they are indefensible, but that doesn’t mean that China or Russia as regional hegemons would be a good outcome either, because their actions are also indefensible. I’m advocating for Taiwanese autonomy here, because their right to self-determination is something that is worth preserving, just as is the case for any self-governing nation.
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Uhh… yeah. I know? That’s why I said the US’s actions are indefensible? I feel like you’re shadowboxing a point that I’ve never made here lol