Whispering Death
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I believe that support for North Korea was the biggest strategic blunder for Communist China. North Korea came to China and asked them for arms and equipment for reunification. China thought the U.S. would not fight in Korea and gave N.Korea lots and lots of weapons. The war ended in what basically was a stalemate with a bunch of Chinese men and equipment destroyed on the pennensula.
Now here's the twist, before the Korean war the U.S. had written off Taiwan as indefencible and that the United States should just let China take it over. However, with the onset of the Korean war, Truman pulled a 180 on the Taiwan issue and declared that Taiwan must be defended or else America would look impotent in the region.
So let's recap. Because of their decision to begin the Korean war China was devestated militarily and lost what they really wanted, a re-unification with Taiwan. Fifty years later the U.S. has put over 1/5th of its entire lifespan into defending Taiwan and will now not lightly give up that herritige.
Now here's the twist, before the Korean war the U.S. had written off Taiwan as indefencible and that the United States should just let China take it over. However, with the onset of the Korean war, Truman pulled a 180 on the Taiwan issue and declared that Taiwan must be defended or else America would look impotent in the region.
So let's recap. Because of their decision to begin the Korean war China was devestated militarily and lost what they really wanted, a re-unification with Taiwan. Fifty years later the U.S. has put over 1/5th of its entire lifespan into defending Taiwan and will now not lightly give up that herritige.