國防部 「反反軍購」：少喝一杯吧，可保百年安全。
市面上一杯珍珠奶茶約新台幣30元，台灣有2300萬人口，如果每人每周都“省下”一杯，一年有52周，而軍購預計是花15年買齊，如此換算下來，總額就大約相當於軍購案的預算數目，可以讓政府向美國採購軍事武器，以保障國家安全。
國防部附近的飲料專賣店受到軍購風波拖累而生意清淡，因為過去常來光顧國防部常客，現在普遍對珍奶有恐懼症，紛紛改口吃“豆花”，還一個不小心吃的滿臉都是。
Drink less tea, help pay for weapons, Taiwan says
TAIPEI, Sept 21 《Reuters 路透社新聞》
Taiwan people should drink less tea and use the money saved to help pay the United States for a big weapons package that will protect the island from arch-foe China, the defence ministry said on Tuesday.
Faced with criticism that an US$18 billion arms offer from Washington is too expensive, the ministry is issuing pamphlets to rally support for the special budget, which has to be approved by lawmakers.
"A cup of pearl milk tea for national security," the ministry said in a colourful cartoon, which pictured a boy holding a giant plastic cup of tea next to photographs of a submarine, Patriot anti-missiles and submarine-hunting aircraft.
"We can buy top-notch equipment to protect our country (if) everyone drinks one less pearl milk tea every week," it said.
Pearl milk tea, also known as "bubble tea" is a popular drink containing small white balls of glutinous sago.
Opposition parties have vowed to block the budget, saying the money should be spent on education and welfare. The military says the weapons are vital to counter a build-up by China, which views Taiwan as a breakaway province to be brought back to the fold, by force if necessary.
"It's very sad that we have to use the milk tea analogy to seek support for the arms purchase," Defence Minister Lee Jye told parliament. "But we hope to use the simplest terms to tell people the arms budget is not too big."
《New York Times 紐約時報》專欄作家曾說：設有麥當勞快餐店的國家，彼此間不會打仗。
若大陸民眾也人手一杯台灣發明的珍珠奶茶時，自然不會希望對台動武，因此應該多喝珍奶，讓珍珠奶茶發揚光大，台灣不用向美國買武器也會很安全。
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