Posted on 07/31/2022 12:06:30 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal
An analyst for a Chinese state-controlled media outlet threatened that the Chinese military could shoot down Democratic House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s plane if U.S. fighter jets escort her to Taiwan during a planned visit to the island.
The threat comes after Chinese leader Xi Jinping reportedly warned President Joe Biden against relations with Taiwan during a phone call that lasted more than two hours Thursday.
“If U.S. fighter jets escort Pelosi’s plane into Taiwan, it is invasion. The PLA has the right to forcibly dispel Pelosi’s plane and the U.S. fighter jets, including firing warning shots and making tactical movement of obstruction. If ineffective, then shoot them down,” Hu Xijin, an analyst for the Chinese state-controlled Global Times, said on Twitter Friday in a post that has since been removed by the platform.
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China will lose this political fight unless Pelosi wimps out
They would never do us that big a favor.
clusterf*ck number 9,123
I’d call that a win-win situation and see no downside.
We couldn’t get that lucky, could we?
Doubtful. The witch works for the ChiComs.
So if she goes down in a fireball, who’s fourth in line?
BS. Why would they do that? She’s America’s biggest enemy in the western hemisphere, a natural ally for them.
She should have to fly coach.
I’m over russians, chinese, democrats, etc.
I’m of 2 minds about this.
It was a stupid move to announce the proposed visit in the first place. It should have been done unannounced, and the results reported after it was completed.
Yawn.
She does work for the chi coms, but the CCP has no problem getting rid of one of their employees that doesn’t follow orders.
“China will lose this political fight unless Pelosi wimps out.”
I agree.
“So if she goes down in a fireball, who’s fourth in line?”
Well, Pelosi is second; so after her would be Leaky Leahy, as president pro tempore of the Senate. After him comes Winken, Blinken, and Nod, the Secretary of State, and fourth in line of succession.
There goes China seeking to establish a friendship again…
“So if she goes down in a fireball, who’s fourth in line?”
Patrick Leahy
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_presidential_line_of_succession
I remember the exchange between one of our jets and an Iranian control tower. The tower said he was in Iranian airspace. He replied he was in international airspace. The tower said he was in Iranian airspace, and they were going to send jet fighters to shoot him down it he did not leave. He replied this is a US Marine F-18 and I will wait. The silence was deafening.
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