Taiwan should destroy TSMC if invaded, suggests US military paper
I feel like news like this is just here to normalize the thought of a China&#x2F;Taiwan conflict.<p>Like with the Russia&#x2F;Ukraine conflict (which is horrible and there is no way to justify it), the US has a lot of benefits from this (EU no longer snugly with Russia, we restrict the flow of gas, etc). The parallels are clear: Isolation of a power (first Russia, soon China) that endangers the US empire and its ambitions, like the Dollar based world economy. The US has a lot of debt in China, right?<p>I just can&#x27;t read news like this in isolation anymore.<p>Don&#x27;t get me wrong, I think both regimes are pretty bad (although the US also had it&#x27;s moment, just read Confessions of an Economic Hitman), but we have to think what the alternatives are, and we have to consider letting our culture of &quot;more personal freedom&quot; leak into these countries instead of forcing it upon them, or forcing them out if it, as we&#x27;re doing with Russia.<p>Not saying I have all the answers, but war? And all this talk about &quot;destruction&quot; (broken nest), that can&#x27;t be the best way.<p>Edit: Imagine living in Taiwan and the US army tells you to adopt a &quot;scorched earth policy&quot; in case of invasion. Pretty terrifying. Would be nice if they said something like &quot;were committed to resolving this peacefully&quot;. I mean, sure they are the army but still...