Taiwan’s Election on Saturday will Decide War or No War in China The election on January 13th, of Taiwan’s next leader, will choose between Lai Chin Le, Taiwan’s current ‘Vice President’, who favors war against the mainland, versus Hou Yu Ih, who favors continuation of the ambiguous status quo that has maintained China’s peace for decades. A less likely third option in this contest is Ko Wen Je, who could draw off enough votes away from Hou Yu Ih so as to throw the ‘election’ to Lai Chin Le, much like Ralph Nader in the 2000 US Presidential ‘election’ drew off enough votes away from Al Gore so as to throw the US Presidential ‘election’ to George W Bush, which caused the 2003 US invasion of Iraq and might even have caused the successful Saud Bush 11 September 2001 attacks that Bush blamed on Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden and used as the ‘justification’ for invading Afghanistan in 2001 and Iraq in 2003. Lai Chin Le’s chosen running mate, for ‘Vice President’, is Hsiao Bi Khim, Taiwan’s ‘Representative to the United States’, serving as if Taiwan were already an independent country instead of a Province of China, which it … Meer lezen over Eric Zuesse – Taiwan’s Election on Saturday will Decide War or No War in China