Comments on: F-16 Sale to Taiwan, Would It Make A Difference?

By: blight

blight — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 01:18:23 +0000

It doesn’t provide jobs, it just keeps a line open and prevents losses out of the F-16 line. Then again, the F-16 line wasn’t likely to go anywhere any time soon.

The only serious deterrent for Taiwan is nuclear weapons, or “strategic ambiguity”. Taiwan could buy some Dolphins from Germany and equip them with cruise missiles if they cared, but they don’t. The businessmen basically only see dollar bills and the potential of sweatshops in the free trade areas, and the government sees peace with China as the first step to continued political existence and greater political stability (and maybe in some circles, stripping down the military, ornerous conscription and increased pork).

By: Glenn Whitehead

Glenn Whitehead — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:03:28 +0000

Another point is that these bastards in China, Russia, North Korea, and Iran have armed every despot, dictator, terrorist, Communist Guerilla around the world for decades, flooding it with millions of AKs, AA, Tanks, carriers… Selling 66 fighters to our ally seems appropriate in this light.

By: Glenn Whitehead

Glenn Whitehead — Thu, 18 Aug 2011 00:01:12 +0000

The building and sale of 66 high tech fighters to an ally would provide jobs and investment in American firms. Plus, whether it stops a ballistic attack is besides the point. Taiwan WANTS them, we have them, they are a detterent regardless of the outcome, so what is the problem? The question of whether 66 fighters makes Taiwan safe from being gobbled by China is a rather inane one. They might even help bide time till we can irradiate the entire Chinese countryside, which is the appropriate threat against as Communist country that steals our tech, hax our networks and is our ideological enemy.

By: blight

blight — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 12:32:50 +0000

Did you miss out on the Cold War?

By: 劉小白

劉小白 — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 11:25:31 +0000

If one day there are hundreds of bullets aimed at you, how would you like?

By: Roland

Roland — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:35:01 +0000

I’d say, we are already edgy on China’s military modernization, why not sell Taiwan what it needs to balance the power in that part of the world. Or just sell them the blue prints.

By: guest

guest — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:24:14 +0000

related link : F-16 VS. GRAMMAR SCHOOL : http://defensetech.org/2004/11/05/f-16-vs-grammar...

By: guest

guest — Sun, 09 Jan 2011 08:22:10 +0000

related link : F-16 Shoot-down Mystery : http://defensetech.org/2007/07/19/f-16-shoot-down...

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