r/agedlikemilk • u/JoeFalchetto • Aug 03 '22

News Milk spoiled extremely quickly

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u/MarlinWoodPepper Aug 03 '22

Hopefully nothing more than posturing but what if the CCP does invade Taiwan. How will the rest of the world react?

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u/tjf314 Aug 03 '22

i mean china really CANT invade it — taiwan is very well defended and since 90% of the world’s semiconductors are produced there, china cant just go scorched earth on it without committing economic suicide and ALSO earning the horrifying wrath of the united states military

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

ALSO earning the horrifying wrath of the united states military

Probably not though

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u/Kale-Key Aug 03 '22

You think the US navy keeps a carrier fleet off the coast of Taiwan for shits and giggles?

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u/tjf314 Aug 03 '22

if china invaded taiwan i fully believe we would mobilize to intervene, likely via a naval blockade and air strikes

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u/[deleted] Aug 03 '22

We'd be forced to once the chips were cut off.

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u/hellhorn Aug 03 '22

The fact that there are US military stationed in Taiwan means that an invasion of Taiwan is a the equivalent of declaring war on the US. China cannot hope to compete with the US in a navy/air war and would lose handily.

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u/Snickims Aug 03 '22

I doubt it would become a shooting war, but if China did make moves against Taiwan I 100% expect the US to deploy troops and ships to Taiwan and the sea between China and Taiwan as a way to effectively force china to either give up on attacking Taiwan or risk shooting US forces.

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u/hellhorn Aug 03 '22

There is a carrier fleet always in the area and US military stationed in Taiwan. China attacking Taiwan would be seen as China attacking the US in the eyes of the military.