Unexpected Consequences

Posted by $ blarman 2 years, 8 months ago to Politics
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Rock meet Hard Place.

Here's the problem with things like this: it's bad either way. If you ship the Chinese the technology, it gives them a strategic advantage. But NOT shipping them right now when the US isn't very capable of defending Taiwan where these chips are made only encourages the Chinese to assault Taiwan.

In related news, the Chinese have been buzzing Taiwan's airspace with recon drones and Taiwan yesterday was forced to fire on one of them. Add to that the denial by the Solomon Islands to a US ship to port.. Escalation is happening quick.

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  • Posted by $ blarman 2 years, 5 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I think it would be in our national interest to do so. I would suggest that we lower corporate taxes in order to promote industry and manufacturing within our own borders.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 2 years, 7 months ago in reply to this comment.
    I agree, but in order to implement an embargo one must have alternative supply lines. China - to its credit and our detriment - has successfully positioned itself as a near monopoly in several critical areas, most notably rare-earth minerals and pharmaceuticals.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 2 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    Agreed. As has been proven time and time again, trading and other economic activity is a potent weapon and just as much a potent enabler (see China).
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  • Posted by LibertyBelle 2 years, 8 months ago
    it ought to be against the law to finance totalitarian states. Doing so is a crime against humanity.
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  • Posted by $ blarman 2 years, 8 months ago in reply to this comment.
    One would hope so. According to a couple of simulations, the Chinese supersonic ballistic missiles are a real problem for a carrier group...
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  • Posted by mhubb 2 years, 8 months ago
    US Navy subs could punish the Chinese Navy severely
    (if we act)
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