Loose Lips Sinks US-Taiwan Relationship

It used to be that I thought that Barbara Boxer was the only dippy senator from California but I'm officially including DiFi after reading this quote:
“It is important to point out a common misconception, nowhere does the TRA explicitly require the U.S. to go to war with the mainland over Taiwan,'' Feinstein said...
Why on earth is is important to point that out? Does it change our policy of always protecting Taiwan? Not in the least. All it did was prove that she's willing to pander to a group sympathetic with her statements. We already knew that.
A Taiwan official in San Francisco's Taipei Economic and Cultural Office declined to comment on Feinstein's remarks. “We always want to maintain peace,'' said Yin Tsou Lin, division director of political affairs. “We are not in a position to provoke anyone to go to war over us.'' Lin pointed out that when China fired unarmed missiles across the Taiwan Strait in 1996, the United States sent warships to the island.
Pointing out the language to this gathering wasn't necessary. They already knew what the TRA said. It's obvious by Mr. Lin's statement that he was walking a fine line because of Feinstein's statement. If that's her idea of diplomacy, I don't want her in the White House anytime soon.

Cross-posted at California Conservative

Posted Saturday, April 22, 2006 6:23 PM

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