Uh oh. Warren Buffett dumping Taiwan semiconductors, as well as US Senators buying Puts on Taiwan stocks... HERE WE GO?
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That should be an interesting fight. Given unlike the Ukrainians. The Taiwanese have been prepping, Training, and Drilling for such an eventuality for decades.
As opposed to the Ukrainians who spent most of their time trading blows with half-trained Pro-Russian Militia and shelling Civilians before the Russians got involved.
This. This is why a blockade looks likely to be the first move. "Inspection" regime, most likely
I now find it hard to believe that any so-called conflagration in the last 100 years ever had its origins in genuine geopolitical tensions, legitimate defence against bellicose invaders, little guys taking virtuous stands against dangerous tyrants etc. More likely all contrived rackets by War Inc financed on all sides by the same ‘enemy combatants’ who always stand to make like bandits, achieve Malthusian goals, satisfy ancient psychotic ritual blood lusts and other assorted miscelánea of the insane and the powerful.
The first thing Taiwan should target if they did invade is the Three Gorges Dam…that would be a big hoeryfuk…
Except, that wouldn't help in a military strategy. You'd just cause a ton of deaths for non-military people (people not involved), and then stir up more patriotism for family members of victims to join the war effort
And there isn't much water behind it as there used to be