Comment by rwarfield
I disagree (I don't know what "military power projection over China's coastline" even means - do you think the U.S. has military bases in Taiwan?), but the point is that these issues need to be debated by Americans without the other side surreptitiously trying to sway public opinion.
> I don't know what "military power projection over China's coastline" even means
That's the problem. There's massive lack of historical education on this topic. The Taiwan issue greatly predates TSMC.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_chain_strategy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_island_chain
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Taiwan_Strait_Crisis