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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by edgyquant on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:00PM (#30616864)
I don’t know how many times this has to be said, but the situations with Taiwan and Ukraine are in no way similar. The US has no formal alliance, or guarantees, with Ukraine. The US not rushing to defend them is not proof they won’t defend Taiwan (for one thing Taiwan is vital to the American military as a chip manufacturer.)
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Re:China's state media buys Meta ads pushing Russia's line o... by waffleiron on Wednesday March 09, 2022 @12:07PM (#30616993)
Taiwan is extremely important militarily for the US besides chip manufacturing. First the US has an early warning radar for detecting a (nuclear) ballistic missile attack installed in Tawain [1] and Taiwan is a key strategic part in the in a war against China [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PAVE_PAWS#In_Taiwanese_service

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_island_chain#United_Stat...

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