• phdepressed@sh.itjust.works
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    12 days ago

    The bigger question rather than letting them step into that spot is whether it means we’ll let them take Taiwan and other contested islands in the Pacific without a struggle. I think they’ll be allowed because there isn’t another option while Republicans remain in power in the US.

    • setsubyou@lemmy.world
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      12 days ago

      I wouldn’t be surprised if everybody just “suddenly remembered” that we never recognized it as a separate country in the first place.