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sinophilia

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Alternatively you could accept the will of the Taiwanese population

How about this? When you accept the will of the Chagos Islanders you and your cousins across the pond forcibly deported from their homeland, euthanized their pets, and wont give them right to return even though every international organization demands you do so, THEN you can have an opinion on this or any other territorial issue as it regards FREEDUMB and self-determination.

I would add the Native Americans, Australian Aboriginals, Maori, and so on, but apparently Westerners in their White Wisdom up on High have decided there is an expiration date for these claims.
 

drowingfish

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Going directly to the main island is without the doubt the right strategy.

From the landing standpoint, central Taiwan is the best selection, better than the northern part. The only problem is Penghui stands in the way. So the conventional way to take over Taiwan is first to take over Penghui, which was the case for Kangxi Emperor of Qing Dynasty, and Japanese invasion of Taiwan too. Of course, your approach is more daring and unconventional, which depends on the degree of PLA air and sea control, and how much sea lift it has. It could work.

Yes, I'm also thinking from pure military operations standpoint, ignoring politics and everything else, which is very interesting.
knowing the way CCP works, they will likely take Penghu first.
 

manqiangrexue

Brigadier
A peaceful end would be easily obtainable. It would only mean to give up the threat of using force.
Peace that is obtained without fairness and satisfaction is of no value and never lasting. In this case, the only way to build the foundation of fairness and satisfaction that a lasting peace may finally be erected upon is for the land thieves to return the land to the rightful owners, barren, or all included.
 

steel21

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knowing the way CCP works, they will likely take Penghu first.
Care to share why they would divert the main effort?

Sure, Penghu is key terrain, but the place is small, and ASCAM and IADs on the island can be suppressed or destroyed.

The last thing you want in the initial hours is losing the momentum in securing a foot hold, erecting JTOC/bastion on the island.
 
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