Taiwan thinks the unthinkable: resisting China without America

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1. In case US doesn’t show up next time

2. How is this the unthinkable? This should be the standard moving forward. I am proud of the United States geopolitical capabilities, but I am strongly against countries having to rely on us from a sovereignty point of view.

3. After taking away Taiwan’s nuclear weapons program, the US might now consider back out of TW.

   Has Xi Jinping said “thank you” to America?

4. That’s their only solution with TACO

5. Taiwan has seen how the battlefield has changed to significantly favor the defenders with the new drone warfare paradigm in Ukraine.

   They probably reasoned that it’s now viable for them to defend against China on their own, or even that China wouldn’t even risk an invasion even if they explicitly declare independence.

6. India should provide Taiwan with supersonic cruise missiles (Brahmos) and air defense tech, given the extreme level of military support China gives to Pakistan

   https://armedservices.house.gov/uploadedfiles/2025_dia_statement_for_the_record.pdf

7. The US fought bitterly leading up to UN 2758 to amend the resolution to recognise Taiwan as a seperate member. What followed was a intricate web of dependency, deceit and cooperation between US, China and Taiwan for the next half a century. Strategic ambiguity may have had its use, it is ultimately a duplicitous position that alleys the fears of no one, while implicitly taking on a moral obligation. 

8. Why does the Pacific fleet exist doing exercises with Taiwan?

   I can say that it would be reasonable for Taiwan to not expect American troops on the ground on the island but support with weaponry (drones, artillery, missiles)

   A hypothetical war would mean that the US would use its Navy and Air Force, I thought that was consensus.

9. This war will definitely happen and probably in the next few years when Xi is not too old and can still take the credit of “unification”.

   If Taiwan does not want to be the next Hong Kong, they need to put in more effort to prepare and mentally harden themselves. I watched quite a few street interviews of Taiwanese and they mostly just expect the US to save them. Not likely when Trump is the president to be honest, especially if China proposes some juicy deals in advance.

   The Taiwanese government needs to train the people on guerilla warfare and stockpiling ammunition, drones and RPGs.

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