Actually there should be no war if the status quo is maintained, to Taiwan, even if the DPP do come to power, as long as they do not officially seek independence, try to damage ties, and no outside interference involved meddling on this issue there should not be a cause for war
You clearly don't have a clue abut Taiwan. I repeat, the DPP stands for Taiwan independence. People elect the DPP because of they support Taiwan independence. I know you find it hard to digest, but the majority of Taiwanese absolutely detest mainland China. They just don't want to reunify, no matter how much you beg, because they think people like you are pathetic, get it?
, the DPP should understand that trying to change the course of history makes them liable to be dubbed traitors and separatist.
Again, please look past your brainwashing. What makes you think Taiwan will inevitably reunify with China considering that the vast majority of Taiwanese detest mainland China? Will North America inevitably return to the indigenous pre-columbian peoples and white people inevitably all move back to Europe?
There's also the moral compass to consider when it comes to war over Taiwan, yes China can easily disable Taiwan's military in short time, but to what political and human cost will this affect? Time is on our side, but DPP separatist ideas are like a poison to the minds of the people there because in no way have separatism ever been resolved peacefully.
You aren't even making sense. Is DPP separatism a poison to the mind, or is time on our side? The crucial fact you have not yet figured out is that Taiwanese separatist ideas don't come from the DPP because right now they are not in power (KMT has the hand up in "educating" the masses for the past 4 years) -- instead the cold, hard, unpleasant reality of Taiwanese separatism is what is bringing DPP back into power.
Yes I understand the 'law of the jungle' concept. As I stated earlier, if the DPP admin conspire to actively threaten China's sovereignty then by all means do what's necessary including a Scorched Earth policy.
You are just pretending to support "doing what's necessary including a scorched earth policy" if Taiwan declares independence. Of course you don't really have the balls to do that, because you are afraid of the USA. This is just an excuse to support your suggestion to "do nothing for now." When they declare independence, then you will make up another excuse to support doing nothing, like "Oh we need to wait until every single nation in the world recognizes Taiwan, and then we'll do a scorched earth policy."
If all they do is flap their jaw with nothing to back it up then let them yell all they want. My next question would be, does the Taiwanese people know that they're nothing more than a pawn of the Americans?
Of course the Taiwanese know they are a pawn of USA. They are much much smarter than you are. They don't mind because they figure USA will be able to protect them.
Obviously, it's YOU who want China with flap its jaw with nothing to back it up.
My 'minimal cost' comment was to illustrate what happens when one tries to force something onto the local population against their will (Afghanistan is the perfect example). Wouldn't it be more efficient to win the local population support than to bomb the crap out of them?
If you are really so ignorant as to write crap like this, you should not be posting anything on a military defense forum. Where have you been for the last, oh, 20 years? You think Taiwan independence is a new thing started this year?
I highly doubt Taiwan would win without USA assistance. They might be able to muster a few victories but will lose the war.
That is another comment made from pure ignorance. How many battles do you expect and how many do you think ROC forces could win against PLA?
