Hey Let's Sell $6B in Arms To The Political Enemy of Our Most Important Trading Partner!

Yeah! That's a GREAT idea! Let's bill it as a way to fix up the trade defecits! What could possibly go wrong?

China likes to think Taiwan is part of China.
Taiwan likes to think Taiwan is Taiwanese, not Chinese
We get most of our cheap crap and borrow most of our national operating expenses, from China
We like Taiwan because they have fun things like liberty and capitalism

So what does the ham-fisted US. Dept. of State do? Why, they allow a $6B arms deal to Taiwan to go through. Have these people never heard of making deals through a proxy?


Here is my summary to date of the wisdom of the Hillary Clinton state department: