Comments by "David Glickman" (@live_free_or_perish) on "US President Joe Biden says US military will defend Taiwan if attacked" video.

Taiwan is part of the free world. Of course we would help defend them. There are strong social and economic ties between us.
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@KiwiImpactSaint freedom of speech, freedom of the press, freedom of assembly. Free and fair elections. Access to the media by everyone. Citizen participation in government. Independent businesses operating with minimal government interference. Civic institutions. Rules instead of arbitrary government decree. The government answers to the people in the free world. Many have flaws and none are perfect but they share common values, hopes, aspirations.
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@kwisatz-haderach8 it's not perfect but it's a lot better than Chinese tyranny. I'll take our flawed democracy and freedoms as they are rather than a police state watching everything I do and say and getting punished for non-conformity.
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@painfultruth1846 your view is shared by the Chinese. This is what they want the world to believe. These are free and independent nations cooperating with each other against a common threat. America participates with their advice and consent. They are not "puppets" as the Chinese propaganda would have you believe.
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@ALIEN_857 completely different situation. South Vietnam was a corrupt government with no intention of becoming free and democratic. The US should never have intervened there. Taiwan is a modern free and democratic nation that deserves our support.
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@painfultruth1846 that was true in the past but not anymore. Nations are capable of change. The US has changed over time. The kind of interference you talk about never works out well for us and we have learned to avoid that kind behavior. At the same time we will always come to defense of free nations if we are asked for support.
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@KiwiImpactSaint the Nordic countries are probably the best example. America is having a bit of a problem right now with the extreme left and extreme right. Hopefully this will be corrected in the future.
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@painfultruth1846 the big players in the region are all part of the free world: Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Singapore, Australia. Hopefully the Philippines remains free too.
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@KiwiImpactSaint I don't know. They all seem to be able to have political discourse without the divisiveness we have in America right now. Democracy takes a lot of effort to sustain but it's worth it. It's like the saying "eternal vigilance is the price of freedom".
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