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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by cm2187 on Friday May 15, 2020 @03:24AM (#23189778)
I am not saying it is obvious that the US would confront China militarily if it was to invade Taiwan. But Europe did let a friendly country at its immediate border get invaded and didn’t even stop buying the main resource the invader relies on (oil and gas). Let alone have any military involvement.
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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by hrktb on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:33AM (#23190104)
The US didn't stop trading with Saudi Arabia even after proven involvement in 9/11/2001. It's all mildly complicated.
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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by sergeykish on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:13AM (#23190285)
> The memorandum was originally signed by three nuclear powers: the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, and the United States.... included security assurances against threats or use of force against the territorial integrity or political independence of Ukraine, Belarus and Kazakhstan.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Securit...

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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by mschuster91 on Friday May 15, 2020 @04:25AM (#23190069)
> and didn’t even stop buying the main resource the invader relies on (oil and gas)

The problem is that Europe depends on (cheap) Russian gas for heating.

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Re:TSMC Announces Intention to Build and Operate Advanced Se... by cm2187 on Friday May 15, 2020 @05:20AM (#23190328)
Right. And we are realising now how dependant we are on the Chinese supply chain.
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