Would Donald Trump Arm Taiwan With Lockheed Martin's F-35?

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Rich Smith, Would Donald Trump Arm Taiwan With Lockheed Martin's F-35?  The Motley fool, Mar 26, 2017.
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("Last week, just before news of the arms deal itself broke, analytical firm Forecast International reported that Taiwan has begun planning the construction of an amphibious landing helicopter dock (LHD) warfare vessel. * * * And judging from its aircraft carrier plans, I'd say that Taiwan is considering it, too")

My comment:
(a) The Motley Fool
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Motley_Fool
(The name "Motley Fool" is taken from Shakespeare's comedy As You Like It)
(ii) motley
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motley
(i) Touchstone in As You Like It.
www.shakespeare-online.com/plays/asu/touchstone.html
("Noting his motley coat, Jaques at first takes the fellow for an ordinary fool * * * but Touchstone's railing is no ordinary abuse; it is in such 'good terms,' such 'good set terms,' that the philosopher not only stops to listen to 'the motley fool,' but is so entertained that he finally accosts, and greets him with a salutation that invites conference")

There is no need to read the rest of the text.
(A) The above appeared in the book:
Frederick Warde, The Fools of Shakespeare; An interpretation of their wit, wisdom and personalities. London: McBride, Nast & company, 1913.
(B) Touchstone was the name of a (human) fool who wore motley.
(C) "Touchstone's railing is no ordinary abuse"

rail (vi): "to revile or scold in harsh, insolent, or abusive language"
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rail
(D) The motley fool appeared in Act 2, Scene 7 of As You Like It.

(b) landing helicopter dock
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landing_helicopter_dock
(c) When I heard Taiwan was going to build a LDH, I thought it was foolish. Now, after reading this speculation, the idea of Taiwan's LDH makes some sense. Still it remains a sitting duck, like China's aircraft carrier(s). Not least because Taiwan lack submarines to protect an LDH.