"fatally attracted" etc. is a bit too anthropomorphic for me but I'll agree that US-TSP/TFTA is a deeply-ingrained relationship since 1947 or even before, and it is unlikely to break simply because of the weight of history. However, critical situations require statesmanship and the ability to make big sea changes, and there is nothing wrong in thinking about the alternate pathways by which such changes can proceed.Muppalla wrote:Even if TSP wants to break off for US, uncle is not going to break off. Uncle is fatally attracted towards the TFTAs and the relationship will be there for ever. All other theories are just spin IMVHO.
Biggest problem now is how to manage TSP nukes. It is brand new in the history of the planet and there is no manual for it. Solution will require a departure from standard paradigms. One way I am suggesting is for US to accept de facto suzerainity of PRC over TSP, thus TSP nukes will be seen as what they really are, PRC nukes, stationed in the "people's autonomous region of TSP", a la NoKo nukes.