[epolanski]

I don't want to abuse whataboutism, but you're aware that besides actively engaging in multiple wars and international military actions we also support Ukrainian war effort directly right?

You're suffering of the usual American exceptionalism, where US is allowed to overthrow governments at will, conduct military actions, decide to support whatever side (sometimes arming both), but other countries cannot.

Just to point out, I obviously condone the military actions in Ukraine (especially since I am a Pole of Ukrainian descent), but I obviously also condoned overthrowing Libyan government or the Iraqi military intervention too and many other despicable actions our governments have conducted in the last decades.

[The_Colonel]

> I obviously condone the military actions in Ukraine (especially since I am a Pole of Ukrainian descent)

I don't want to be too adversarial, but don't you feel a bit hypocritical by supporting Ukraine to preserve its sovereignty in face of a larger, strongly authoritarian neighbor, but arguing for Taiwanese to simply give up their own?

[epolanski]

I never argued for that:

> The way I see it, western countries and US should take a clear stand about Taiwanese statehood, and Taiwan needs to do it first on their own in order for the rest of the world to take a stand, as they legally still lay claim on the entirety of China (and beyond).

and this:

> This tension can only be relieved by de jure integrating Taiwan in Chinese statehood under very huge degrees of autonomy, which no one, let alone Taiwanese people ever trust or by unilateral statehood declaration.

I argue that at some point there is a need for a de jure resolution of the Taiwanese matter or this issue will come again and again.

And, the way I see it, it has been US starting from Bush but most importantly under the hawkish Trump presidency that has made the matter relevant again combined with the Russian invasion of Ukraine.

[The_Colonel]

> This tension can only be relieved by de jure integrating Ukraine in Russia under very huge degrees of autonomy...

> I argue that at some point there is a need for a de jure resolution of the Ukrainian matter or this issue will come again and again.

How does that sound to your ears?

[epolanski]

You know that there is no similarity at all between this and the taiwanese situation right?