Posted on 08/18/2021 8:15:51 AM PDT by rickmichaels
China today threatened to 'crush' any US troops stationed on Taiwan as it conducts live fire drills in the South China Sea after Joe Biden abandoned Afghanistan.
An editorial in the regime-backed Global Times lashed out at a since-deleted tweet by Senator John Cornyn which erroneously stated there were 30,000 American soldiers stationed in Taiwan.
The bombastic propaganda article said: 'It is equivalent to a military invasion and occupation of the Taiwan Province of China. It is an act of declaring war on the People's Republic of China ...
'It is believed that China will immediately put the Anti-Secession Law into use, destroy and expel US troops in Taiwan by military means, and at the same time realize reunification by force.'
China conducted naval exercises south of Taiwan on Tuesday in the latest show of strength to the US and its allies which are still reeling from their chaotic retreat from Afghanistan.
Although China is the dominant power in east Asia, many of its neighbours like Taiwan and Japan look to the US as their closes military partner. Beijing, therefore, revels in anything which undermines Washington's credibility.
Chinese state media pumped out the images of desperate Afghans flooding Kabul airport in an effort to flee on Monday as a sign of the chaos prompted by the US retreat.
On Tuesday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying said Washington had left 'an awful mess of unrest, division and broken families' in Afghanistan.
'America's strength and role is destruction, not construction.'
State media has peddled the idea that America's rush from Afghanistan reflects its fair-weather attitude to all allies - including in Taiwan, which seeks strength from Washington's security guarantee as it defies Beijing.
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“Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night.”
Thanks Joe Biden....or should I say resident milquetoast
It’s hard to understand why they feel the need to threaten when they’ve already made the pay-offs to get what they want.
I’m going to crush any Chinese Soldiers in my garage.
only 3.427 years to go until Jan 20th 2025
China don’t get it.
We disengaged from Afghanistan so we could focus our efforts on kicking China’s ass if they step out of line
All this because the news media & politicians didn’t allow a discussion of Biden’s dementia.
Something a good trading partner says to you.
They want to appear to be the strong horse, pushing Xiden nose into his soiled diaper.
If the Chinese are willing to take the risk and take Taiwan by force, there is no better time than right now. The big unannswerd question is will the Taiwan governmet, its military and people put up a stout defense and fight for their freedom. If they do the cost to China may be too high for the CCP to bear.
China, doing everything except actually invading. Give me a break! 🙄
The countries around China could say ENOUGH and China could be in deep DOO-DOO
Look, China may do a lot of blustering, but they don’t need Taiwan economically. That may have been true in the 1980’s, but not in 2021.
“We disengaged from Afghanistan so we could focus our efforts on kicking China’s ass if they step out of line”
Yeah right. We do nothing but suck china’s c**k. Been that way for 30 years and it is not going to change.
The elites, politicians and corporations have been paid off.
The Chinese are now emboldened, comfortably making direct threats to Americans. From their point of view, America is nothing more than a crumpled up Paper Tiger.
Who is to tell them otherwise?
Joe is too mentally blitzed to provide any such gun boat diplomancy, any such rattling of sabers.
That being said, I would expect even the Biden Administration to have SOMEBODY at the helm or microphone who appears competent and is able to address the issues.
Is there no one at all? And please, no Dr. Jill. Not for this.
Kammy says “Don’t look at me!” She has her bags packed, and is flying off to Vietnam and Singapore for a very expensive Shopping Spree. Helps to settle her nerves.
Red china gets Taiwan, militant islamists get Afghanistan. The USA gets a decrepit, failing, demented, doddering old fool.
They PRC is betting that they can bully Taiwan into accepting the PRC’s dominion.
They have isolated Taiwan - most countries won’t even admit that Taiwan is a country.
Also, their most potent potential ally (us) has just been humiliated and is at low ebb in its military power thanks peacetime idiocy.
If they can convince Taiwan that they are truly alone and lack the strength to stop an invasion by the PLA, they they might knuckle under.
To rub it in and establish complete dominance. To ensure that the entire world sees Xiden losing face.
That has been the plan. The question is will the ripe plum fall into their lap o will they have to climb to get it.
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