Israel, through no fault of its own, is a pariah nation almost completely surrounded by larger nations that do not even recognize the existence of the State of Israel.  Iran routinely refers to Israel as the "Little Satan," and European nations typically take overtly anti-Israeli policies to curry favor with Islam.  Yet Israel is not alone in being disparaged for no reason other than that it is small and its enemies are large.  Taiwan, the Republic of China, is a free land that has political and civil values precisely like what we ought to want the rest of the world to have.  Freedom House has only two nations in Asia stretching from Sinai to Sakhalin listed as "Free," Japan and Taiwan, which has a freer press than even Israel or South Korea.  The contrast between Taiwan and most nations in Asia is as stark as the contrast between Israel and the nations surrounding it in west Asia and north Africa. Freedom House gives Taiwan the...(Read Full Article)