"If China continues to be irresponsible about nuclear proliferation in Iran, we should tell them that if they do not care about proliferation - and since they are enablers of it in Iran - that if they don't change their position, we will sell Pershing nuclear missiles to Taiwan for their defense."
"Non-proliferation will either be enforced universally or not at all - it is their choice," Schock continued. "The Chinese will come around, I have no doubt."
http://www.sj-r.com/Opinion/stories/19687.asp
One doesn't have to be a geopolitical analyst to understand that providing nuclear weapons to Taiwan will be interpreted by the PRC as an act of war. At a time when the Middle Kingdom is enjoying burgeoning economic growth and growing political clout, why would America seek to arm China's chief enemy in the region?
Most Chinese don't even acknowledge the existence of Taiwan's an autonomous state. An American decision to grant the Taiwanese government the most powerful weapon on earth would show the Chinese government that the U.S does not respect the former's rise to power.
Providing nuclear weapons to Taiwain would undermine China's sovereignty, infuriate a vital trade partner, and ratchet up already rising tensions between our two nations. What if China responds to an America-Taiwan missile deal by abruptly selling its reserves of U.S dollars? The wide-sweeping economic consequences of such a move would likely plunge America into a severe recession, if not a depression.
Aaron Schock's irresponsible and (pardon the pun) shocking rhetoric are sure signs that this young politician is not ready to go to Washington.
I'd sell nukes to Taiwan, too. But maybe not letting china know would be better.
