tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765686570074658139.post5932896136508031927..comments2023-11-15T21:57:10.086+08:00Comments on Waking Green Dragon: Remarks of Former Ambassador to China Charles W. Freeman李喆老师 Alexander Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12192707360071392343noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8765686570074658139.post-43417067105575815182011-07-17T11:27:00.404+08:002011-07-17T11:27:00.404+08:00Whatever America’s incentive for tilting toward Ta...Whatever America’s incentive for tilting toward Taiwan in the balancing act discussed here, it has been consistently, maliciously exploited by Taiwanese politicians from presidents Lee Teng-Hui to Chen Shui-Bian to Ma Ying-Jou for the past 20 years, and this exploitation seems destined to continue with future leaders if the current impasse persists. In order to rally support for their personal political gain, the most effective strategy has been to provoke China first, collect the benefits from the political fallout coming from either China or the Taiwanese populist reaction to it next, and then tell the Taiwanese people “Don’t you worry, if the Chinese attacks us, Americans will come and fight for us”. One of these days this game will be played once too many, and it will be up to the Americans to come and fight for the Taiwanese, all in order to win the next election for president so and so, all because our commitment has been taken advantage of by ill-intended Taiwanese politicians. <br />It is high time for the US to closely examine ways to extricate itself from this blackmail, not by China, but by Taiwanese politicians.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com