Opinion | The Taiwanese Are Worried That the U.S. Will Abandon Ukraine
www.wsj.com
Japan, Australia and South Korea also see the war with Russia as a test of American resolve.

This was hands down my favorite bit from the article:

Some even maintain that every dollar spent on Ukraine is a waste of taxpayer money that could be better used on domestic priorities, such as combating the spread of fentanyl.

These arguments are misguided and dangerous.

How dare they suggest that money would be better spent addressing domestic problems than on a proxy war half way across the world. That's misguided and dangerous thinking.

I also love how the article takes it for granted that US must prop up puppet regimes in Asia as if that's somehow in the interest of the people living in US.

  • zephyreks [none/use name]
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    1 year ago

    Is there any evidence the US installed the DPP? I figured it sort of just happened once people were sick of the KMT.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆@lemmygrad.ml
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      1 year ago

      There's quite a bit of evidence to suggest that actually. It's also worth noting that the whole Sunflower Movement happened right as KMT were about to negotiate peaceful repatriation with the mainland.

      NED has been working closely with DPP and with Tsai Ing-Wen in particular

      *https://www.ned.org/remarks-prepared-by-national-endowment-for-democracy-president-carl-gershman-and-read-by-andrew-nathan-at-tecro-dinner-with-taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen/

      • https://www.ned.org/taiwan-president-tsai-ing-wen-honors-ned-human-rights-day/
      • https://www.ned.org/taiwans-destiny/

      Sunflower Movement leader Lin Fei-fan has documented associations with the NED as well

      • https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2013/03/02/2003556088
      • http://web.archive.org/web/20140411235449/https://thediplomat.com/2014/04/sunflowers-end-occupation-of-taiwans-legislature/
      • https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/3744833

      Wikileaks also revealed DPP regular Reporting to AIT

      • Wikileaks - TSAI ING-WEN COMMENTS ON DPP TURMOIL (2005): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/05TAIPEI4870_a.html
      • Wikileaks - DPP CHAIRPERSON TSAI ING-WEN ON CHALLENGES FACING PARTY AND U.S. ARMS SALES (2008): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/08TAIPEI892_a.html
      • Wikileaks - DIRECTOR'S FAREWELL CALL ON DPP CHAIR TSAI ING-WEN (2009): https://wikileaks.org/plusd/cables/09TAIPEI754_a.html

      US has poured countless millions into shaping the opinions of the people in Taiwan through orgs like NED, it directly grooms US politicians such as Tsai Ing-Wen.