JoeB131
Diamond Member
They think they can appease China, much like British PM Chamberlain did with Hitler. That didn't work out very well for the Brits. Peace through superior strength is the only thing Xi fears and respects. That's also why Putin and Little Kim haven't been rattling their swords very loudly lately.
Uh, guy, let's get real.
Chamberlain realized that a war over Czechoslovakia wasn't worth it. The Sudetan Germans weren't ready to fight for it. The Slovaks weren't. The Hungarians wanted to go back to Hungary. Germany already had them surrounded on three sides. All that was agreed to an Munich was that the German-speaking parts of Czechoslovakia should be able to join Germany.
So Chamberlain avoided a war the UK wasn't ready for to have another year to build up. Frankly, I thought he kind of fucked up by giving a blank check to the Polish Colonels... They weren't ready for that war, either. Instead he drove Hitler into an alliance with Stalin, and that went about as well as you'd expect.
NOW- It's is very unlikely that China would invade Taiwan. Mostly because a large chunk of the Chinese economy is based on investment from Taiwan.
The only thing that might trigger an invasion would be if Taiwan was stupid enough to try to declare independence.
We need to stop posturing and let them work it out themselves.