Kissinger on Taiwan

Here's a bit from a recent interview with Henry Kissinger:

Inevitably—at least from my point of view—this raises the subject of Taiwan. On the matter of arms sales to the island, Mr. Kissinger says he isn't opposed to them per se, but that "over an extended period of time it will lead to a confrontation." So what, in the long term, is Taiwan's fate? Mr. Kissinger suggests negotiations with the mainland "in which the de facto autonomy of Taiwan is preserved." On the model of Hong Kong? "Certainly beyond the Hong Kong pattern," he says.

Well, that's just freaking fantastic.  How many times have I said that my family and I specifically do NOT want to be a second Hong Kong?  Anyway, whatever the shenanigans in Taiwan itself about self-defense and whatnot, we can't have the US willing to throw the whole island under the bus in order to cozy up to Beijing.  But I would not be in the least surprised if this hapless, clueless White House did just that.  Oh, and check this out too.