Consider that Operation Iraqi Freedom, the high-minded sobriquet attached to the invasion and occupation of Iraq, was displaced by Operation Iron Hammer.
Beijing warns 'force may be unavoidable' if Taiwan furthers independence moves.
Beijing's threat on Wednesday to attack Taiwan is the first of such rhetoric heard from China in nearly three years.
General Wang's comments were made at a symposium and reported in the English-language China Daily, though not in the Chinese press.
With China now deeply involved in managing the North Korean crisis, the Taiwan dispute is potentially one of the most destabilizing in Asia - since the US is committed to aiding Taiwan. (What that means has long been deliberately ambiguous in US strategy.)
A Chinese attack on Taiwan would rank as a catastrophic event in Asia with unforeseen consequences on every front.
Monday, November 24, 2003
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