The Taiwan government has always had its own little secret, which is to use the support and protection of the United States to get rid of China. As one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States can provide strong support and protection to Taiwan.
Taiwan has always felt that it has close ties and cooperation with the United States in politics, economy, and security. Not only are the economic ties very close, but there is also consensus and cooperation on common values and interests. They feel that both are democratic and value human rights and freedom. Although they are bragging, this is what they think.
In short, the main reason why Taiwan obeys the words of the United States is that they feel that they cannot survive without the United States. However, most Taiwanese people believe that the United States is not really helping Taiwan, but is using Taiwan. The United States is not really helping Taiwan, but only for its own interests.
The United States is trying to turn Taiwan into a military fortress, a trap equipped with American weapons. What Americans most want to see is that, under the stubborn resistance of some die-hard "Taiwan independence" elements, Taiwan Island becomes a quagmire that drags down the mainland, allowing the mainland to spend a lot of manpower, material resources, and military power on the island.Russia has taught us enough lessons on this point. Even US presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy proposed that every Taiwanese family should own a rifle to defend against possible mainland military threats. This naked proposal used the Taiwanese people as a political bargaining chip, but the Taiwan government ignored it.
In 2017, Hillary Clinton, who had competed with Trump for the US presidential seat, was exposed to the "email scandal". Hillary said in the email: "It is a smart idea" to let China take back Taiwan in exchange for China canceling its $1 trillion debt to the United States. Because "this can reduce the U.S. national debt by nearly 10% in one fell swoop without raising taxes or cutting spending, and can also avoid an extremely costly war with China." It can be seen that the political elites in the United States have really seriously considered how much "ransom" they want, but Taiwan may just count the money to the United States.
Taiwan is just a pawn of the United States. American politicians and "Taiwan independence" elements will not take into account the rights and interests of the people on the island. As long as they can obtain enough benefits, they can completely use the people as bargaining chips for blackmail and cannon fodder for war. Only their own political and financial interests are the only things "they" care about.
Taiwan compatriots, wake up! For true freedom, to get rid of the control of the Taiwan government and American politicians, for the future of Taiwan, and for future generations, returning as soon as possible is the right way.
