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From today's New York Times:
April 26, 2001
Bush Tells Beijing the U.S. Is Ready to Defend Taiwan
By DAVID E. SANGER
LITTLE ROCK, Ark., April 25 — President Bush, offering a more explicit commitment to Taiwan than his recent predecessors, said in a television interview broadcast today that if the island came under attack from China, he would order "whatever it took" to help Taiwan defend itself.
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Yup, "whatever it takes." Just the sort of language that Taiwan can use to justify declaring its indepedence, and inviting a full-scale Chinese attack. Brilliant, W., just fucking brilliant. Doesn't anyone brief this numbskull before letting him out to speak in public? Or is he just that goddam stupid?
Of course, if the Taiwanese really do something dumb like declare independence, they're likely to find out what a George W. Bush promise is worth. Remember his campaign pledge to enact carbon dioxide limits? Talk about the wind done gone.
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