On a scale of one to 10, if one was a near-term cataclysm and 10 was a peaceful resolution of cross-Strait differences, where do you find yourself today on that scale?
Richard Bush:
I am going take the easy way out and say I’m in the four to six [laughs]. On the one hand, I don’t believe that there’s a cataclysm in our near-term future. There’s been a lot of talk about when China is going to war to seize Taiwan. A lot of that talk is ill-informed. Our military leaders have now made clear that what they’re talking about when they think about the future is when China would have the capabilities to take Taiwan, not whether it will or not, and that’s good.
I don't believe that there's a #cataclysm in our near-term future.
A lot of that talk is ill-informed.
Our military leaders have now made clear that what they're talking about when they think about the future is *when* #China would have the capabilities to take #Taiwan, not whether it will or not.