Proposed sale of Taiwan raises no laughs

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TAIPEI - A recent New York Times op-ed article by Paul Kane, a former international security fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School, has hit a raw nerve. Kane called on United States President Barack Obama to end military support for Taiwan in exchange for China forgiving the US$1.14 trillion of American debt it currently holds.

"With a single bold act, President Obama could correct the country's course, help assure his re-election, and preserve our children's future," Kane baffled his readers.

As absurd the plea appears, and although the author has since declared his op-ed a satire, it seems the idea was not as fanciful as it seemed.

In recent months, the pros of abandoning Taiwan for the sake of better US-China relations have been increasingly and frankly addressed in US academic circles, while moves by the Obama administration have also taken that direction. The actual "selling" of long-time ally Taiwan to China remains a bizarre thought, but a different wind has been blowing from Washington towards Taipei recently.

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/MK23Ad01.html

[Response]

1. That would be a great idea.

:sarcasm:

After we sell out Taiwan and wipe our $late clean with China we can then get into even deeper debt with them.


What an asshole.

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3. Sort of a "Modest Proposal".

http://art-bin.com/art/omodest.html

[Pab Sungenis]

2. Our continuing to recognize Taiwan

would be like Canada or Brazil continuing to recognize the Confederacy.

[MedicalAdmin]

4. Given the state of politcs in the US,

isn't kinda like Canada and Brazil are recognizing the confederacy (of dunces)?

[Fuddnik]

5. Maybe we could throw in Texas!

Uh-oh.

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[Berlin Expat]

6. In my honest opinion,

and if I were President, I'd give the Chinese the Bible Belt. All of it. Lock, stock, and barrel.

Watch the fundies' heads explode over that one.

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