tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post6594261430912077119..comments2023-10-22T18:25:39.688+08:00Comments on The View from Taiwan: The Great, the Good, and the uglyMichael Turtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-7703545884825397152018-04-23T21:09:12.116+08:002018-04-23T21:09:12.116+08:00Thats the thinking now for the so called fighters ...Thats the thinking now for the so called fighters when China is still weaker than US. How about 10-20 years from now when Chinese Military Budget will be bigger than US? China is still 4 times poorer than Taiwan. So, its potential to grow is 4 times higher.<br /><br />What will the thinking be then? People of Taiwan are already mostly pessimistic about military victory. In the future they will laugh at anyone who says I will fight. No one in mexico says they will fight America and win. No one is that dumb. The same kind of thinking will come to taiwan too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-39895067566787882022018-04-21T18:14:08.894+08:002018-04-21T18:14:08.894+08:00LOL. The reality is that the Taiwanese will fight....LOL. The reality is that the Taiwanese will fight. Michael Turtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17974403961870976346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10698887.post-5810669918282281192018-04-21T04:39:57.919+08:002018-04-21T04:39:57.919+08:00You totally missed the point of these exercises. T...You totally missed the point of these exercises. The goal of Beijing is to actually attain the expertise and capability to invade/bomb/blockade taiwan. The fact is in the past people in taiwan used to say chinese military is weak. They can't win. Then china started getting modern hardware. Then seperatists started saying they have the hardware but not training. Now that pla has started real modern training, they can't even rely on this excuse anymore.<br /><br />The reality that taiwan can no longer win and that pla is modern and powerful is implicit in the mind of the Taiwanese now. They now know that slowly but surely they are going to lose. Its this realization that is important, not singular exercise publicity.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com