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Taiwanese president calls Israel 'valuable model' for defense (thecradle.co)

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According to a recent report by Intelligence Online, Taiwan's deputy defense minister secretly visited Israel to seek help in developing the T-Dome.

The outlet says Israel has been providing defense technology and expertise to Taiwan under the guise of civilian programs.

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[–] Sauvandu60@lemmy.ml 38 points 5 months ago (1 children)

"iSrAeL 'vAlUaBlE MoDeL' fOr dEfEnSe"

More like model for genocide.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 20 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah thats what they mean. Population & narrative control is like the main export expertise the zionist genocide entity has.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Israel's model for defense is basically just shooting fish in a barrel. It's not at all applicable to Taiwan.

[–] PanArab@lemmy.ml 14 points 5 months ago

Yikes!

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

You gotta love how consistent all the regimes the west supports are at being fascists.

[–] geneva_convenience@lemmy.ml 11 points 5 months ago

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago

Stuff like this makes it very difficult to feel any sympathy to the Taiwanese cause.

[–] Catalyst_A@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Xi Jinping enters chat Fucking exactly.

[–] fox2263@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

They must be doing something right though. Got the whole world licking their balls.

Taiwan to be fair could use some of that.

[–] Evotech@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Step 1 align with America

[+] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world -25 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (5 children)

On one hand, Taiwan deserves to be free from China, but on the other, relying on an openly genocidal country for it…

[–] HiddenLayer555@lemmy.ml 33 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

"Free from China"

Will use Israel's "defense" model

lol

[–] Oppopity@lemmy.ml 28 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Crazy how quick libs are to excuse genocide.

"Yeah my party does genocide but they're the lesser evil"

"Yeah Taiwan is looking up to a genocidal state but that's okay because it's to stop China"

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 20 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Except the overwhelming majority of Taiwanese people do not want to be free of China, they want the status quo to remain exactly as it is.

[–] arcterus@piefed.blahaj.zone 16 points 5 months ago

I think the main reason they want the status quo is that they are already effectively an independent nation (just not "officially"), and that any change to the status quo is simply a significant risk to the continued functioning of their effective independent status.

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 0 points 5 months ago

Well yeah if it doesn't remain the way it is then their country will be invaded. Tons of them will die. Really understandable why they prefer the status quo. Which which is a de facto, if uneasy and probably nerve wrecking, from of freedom.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

They want the status quo because China has officially stated they'll invade if Taiwan declares independence.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Or maybe because Taiwan is called the republic of china and a hostile government still in civil war with the PRC.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It's still in civil war because if it stops considering itself the sole legitimate government of both China and Taiwan, that'd effectively be a declaration of independence and hence provoke China.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah thats called secession and there was like a government in the united states south that did the same thing.

[–] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Chinese state was rebuilt from the ground up between the Japanese occupation of Taiwan and it's transition to democracy. It's not secession if the state you're supposedly seceding from doesn't even exist anymore.

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 5 points 5 months ago

The PRC is the internationally recognized successor of Sun Yat-sen's Republic? Which the current regime in Taiwan claims to be the direct continuation of. The state exists. So the only thing that would change is that the ROC has a name change, and stops claiming ownership of several countries' territory. Still secession.

[–] wurzelgummidge@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

Yes, but only if they declare independence, which their current constitution doesn't permit.

[–] KrasMazov@lemmygrad.ml 16 points 5 months ago

Libs are yet again incapable of seeing the blatant connection and propaganda right in front of their eyes

[–] redchert@lemmygrad.ml 15 points 5 months ago

Maybe aboriginal taiwanese people do, but most of taiwan is filled with settlers and KMT fash losers

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 9 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Isn't Taiwan China? The name of the country is literally The Republic of China.

These are two sides of a civil war that never ended.

[–] ImWaitingForRetcons@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yes, but Taiwan has been functionally independent for over 70 years now, and have a very different social, political and economic context from mainland China.

[–] herseycokguzelolacak@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

According to wikipedia, it is a violation of the constitution of the Republic of China (Taiwan) for Taiwan to be independent and give up its claim on the mainland.