Comments on: The island is not merely symbolic but pivotal terrain https://www.isegoria.net/2025/12/the-island-is-not-merely-symbolic-but-pivotal-terrain/ From the ancient Greek for equality in freedom of speech; an eclectic mix of thoughts, large and small Sun, 05 Jul 2026 15:50:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.6.1 By: Jim https://www.isegoria.net/2025/12/the-island-is-not-merely-symbolic-but-pivotal-terrain/comment-page-1/#comment-3760556 Jim Thu, 01 Jan 2026 17:45:54 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53797#comment-3760556 The “analysis” makes no mention of TSMC. Disregarded.

]]> By: Bob Sykes https://www.isegoria.net/2025/12/the-island-is-not-merely-symbolic-but-pivotal-terrain/comment-page-1/#comment-3760553 Bob Sykes Wed, 31 Dec 2025 14:33:24 +0000 https://www.isegoria.net/?p=53797#comment-3760553 This analysis is as wrong-headed as can be. Strategically, Taiwan is all but irrelevant. It actually lies well outside the First Island Chain. It is simply too close to the mainland to provide any military advantage. The Philippines, Malaysia, and Indonesia are the key strategic positions, more so than either Japan or South Korea.

It appears that none of our elite can read a map, or understand map scales. We live in a Dark Age of superstition and illiteracy.

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