1. The first country to ever attack Taiwan with a warship was the US in 1867. The country that supported Japan in invading Taiwan during the Mudan incident was the United States in 1874.

2. The country that sold weapons to Japan during the First Sino-Japanese War, leading to China's defeat, forcing China to cede Taiwan to Japan, was the US from 1894 to 1895.

3. The country that actively pushes for Japanese containment of China and Taiwanese containment of mainland China is the United States, from the 19th century until today. The United States is not our friend.

4. The Taiwan Relations Act, which, by the way, is a unilateral US law, states that it is the policy of the US to "provide Taiwan with arms of a defensive character." Nowhere in the English language does the word "provide" imply the sale of something.

5. We are being used to serve US imperialist interests, yet we are still expected to pay for the tools required to do so. Are the weapons purchased from the US sufficient to defend Taiwan from an attack by the mainland?

6. Mainland China's WS-2 missile costs US$10,000 to produce, whereas a single Patriot missile costs Taiwan US$3 million. It takes three Patriot missiles to intercept a WS-2, meaning it costs $9 million to intercept each missile that costs $10,000 missile.

7. Then there's the HN-series of land-attack cruise missiles, capable of attacking from an altitude of a mere 10 to 30 meters. Patriot missiles operate at altitudes of 50 meters and above. The United States is not our friend.

8. In regards to the above reality, experts say that although such arms cannot effectively defend Taiwan from mainland attacks, it demonstrates Taiwan's willingness and determination to self-defense.

9. There's that whole saying about bringing a knife to a gunfight; the person with the gun doesn't give two shits about the knife-wielder's "determination."

10. Some quote Taiwan's leader Tsai, who said that, in the event of war with mainland China, Taiwan can defend itself from the first wave, after which the "international community" will join in. This cannot be further from the truth.

11. Nowhere in the Taiwan Relations Act does the US state its obligation to defend Taiwan in the event of a war, it simply states that efforts to determine Taiwan's status by non-peaceful means are "matters of grave concern."

12. US lawmakers are keenly aware of the lack of commitment, thus Fmr. IL Senator Charles H. Percy proposed changing the words "grave concern" in the Act to "security interest." This was vetoed cuz it'd commit the US to war with CN should cross-strait antagonisms intensify.

13. Senior Pentagon official Edward Ross said, "as the lone superpower, our interests are plentiful and our attention short. We cannot help defend you if you cannot defend yourself."

14. The United States is not our friend, and its policies regarding Taiwan have nothing to do with the well-being of the Taiwanese people, and everything to do with US imperialist interests and war profits.

15. That the US is Taiwan's friend is a lie started by the KMT and continued to this day by the DPP. If you believe it, you're stupid.