No Seagoon, that was just a one-liner.
I actually don't have a position on the China-Taiwan thing. Communism in Red China is evolving (or devolving I guess, depending on your stance) into a free-market economy. While I doubt it will become as capitalist as our country, I don't doubt that the U.S. and China will reach a common ground as "allies". As that happens, and as the U.S. fades from international importance, China will pretty much do whatever it damn well pleases. And you know what? They'll be right. You know why? Because in spite of your feel good Christian outlook on life, in this life might makes right. Just look at out beloved country's actions on the world stage.
While I do find it regrettable that Christians cannot practice openly in Red China now, that will change in the near future. You don't have to be a messiah to see that... as state control over the economy loosens, state control over everything else will loosen too.
By the time China is ready to absord Taiwan, the U.S. won't be in any position to do anything about it. Whoever is President at that time will be faced with the same choice as Chamberlain was at Munich. Will China be satisfied absorbing territory that was "historically Chinese" or will they take the world's reluctance to go to war for a far off people they know nothing about as carte blance to absorb the rest of Asia? I'm not smart enough to know, to be honest. Don't really care much either, since barring a complete economic collapse the U.S. will be strong enough to check China's ambitions during my lifetime.
