Posted on 08/02/2022 8:37:07 PM PDT by FarCenter
Deterring China's efforts to alter the status quo in the South and East China seas ultimately comes down to U.S. power. Whether House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan advances those efforts is questionable.
Her visit, against the advice of the military, may have brought forward the risk of a U.S.-China crisis when preparations in Taiwan and Japan are not yet adequate. In terms of what it aims to accomplish within the broader context of U.S.-China relations, Pelosi's visit is lacking in any apparent strategic component.
"America's solidarity with the 23 million people of Taiwan is more important today than ever, as the world faces a choice between autocracy and democracy," Pelosi said in a statement on her visit, echoing her previous tributes to Taiwan's democracy.
This is a natural thing for a democratically elected lawmaker to say. Both Democrats and Republicans in the U.S. Congress are united in their criticism of China's abuses.
But the problem with Pelosi's visit is that it burdens the Biden administration with dealing with the consequences of one politician's actions, however principled they may be.
Biden admitted to reporters that his military advisers thought Pelosi's trip to Taiwan was a bad idea. Yet he was unable to stop an initiative by a coequal branch of the U.S. government. This reveals a breakdown in communication between the two top figures in the president's Democratic Party.
The timing of Pelosi's visit owes simply to U.S. Congress being in summer recess. With the Democrats forecast to lose their majority in the House in November's midterm elections, her days as speaker seem numbered. In this light, the visit appears intended more as a personal achievement -- becoming the first incumbent speaker in 25 years to set foot in Taiwan -- than a part of U.S. strategy toward China.
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No, it has a strategy, and I’m sad to say, it’s probably going to work. The whole purpose was to boost the House Democrats in the November elections.
Advancing the King’s pawn two with no plan for a follow-up.
It doesn’t matter. Before, Pelosi was a liability for the Rats, now she’s their strength, and this crap plays well with the “Mushy Middle”.
The demented old hag wanted to impress the ignorant back home for the November election. Jo Jo took a page out of Obammie’s playbook from the How To Make Americans Like You Chapter. Shoot a Muslim of his Camel with a Hellfire from a Predator Drone. Worked for Barry when he shot up bin Laden. Jo Jo the Pedo is hopin’ for the same result. It wasn’t a coincidence that these two pixies pulled these political stunts in the same week with all these primaries occurring. We’ll probably also get another couple “mass shootings” out of the RAT Brigade in the next few weeks. The RATS are really on a roll right now.
hubby is long chips
She had better get home before her husband has another drunk-driving accident.
Never underestimate the duplicity of both Pedo Joe and Nasty Pelosi.
Well it’s not as if he’ll ever go to prison or anything.
You only have to worry if we see Paul Pelosi going long Lockheed and Raytheon stocks.
I think you’re right.
For all I know, China is playing along too.
Those guys are all on the same team, it seems like often
enough.
And the GOPe and their lame effort so far created this opening.
They’re not pulling our pushing our side to victory, at
least in public they aren’t.
They are either MIA, or playing behind the scenes for the
other team.
The answer to that possibility is fairly obvious.
They are trying to disrupt and defeat the only guy who has
a remote chance of getting things back on track. What
more do we need to know?
That’s why I peg anyone suggesting we dump Trump, certainly
wasn’t on our team in the wilderness waiting for such a
man.
They think he would be easily replaced.
For her personally, thats correct.
For the country, thats not correct.
The strategy is we don’t take orders on the world stage from the ccp.
Which is exactly why this is brilliant by the Rats, they can arrange everything with the CCP, and our Press would never dare to divulge it.
I don’t believe the ccp and democrats are working together on this to make china appear weaker and the US, and indirectly democrats, look stronger.
Wnile it may be true in 2020 they both worked to steal the election from Trump, I do not believe they would agree to this for democrat 2022 midterms. I just do not see that. Its a massive loss of face for them. Theres no bigger payback for them.
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Machine translation: "It's just hell! - Zelensky acknowledged the advantage of the Russian army, which is destroying the Armed Forces of Ukraine "We still cannot break the advantage of the Russian army in artillery and manpower, and this is very felt in the battles, especially in the Donbass - Peski, Avdiivka, and other areas. It's just hell. This is even cannot be described in words..."
They’ll do some “face saving” gesture with the total approval of Biden. Quid Pro Quo.
Nancy: “Why did you fly me to Taiwan? I didn’t say ‘Taiwan’, I said I wanted to ‘tie one on’.”
Between the terrorist kill, the Taiwan furor, and this abortion vote in Kansas, the democrats are coming up with a lot of new material to work with in the mid-terms and Ukraine has enough unknowns and variables coming up in the next 3 months that there must be something in that mix for them to work with.
The more balls in the air there are then the more there is for the media to manipulate and emphasize or deemphasize.
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