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China vows to 'crush' any US troops on Taiwan 'by force' and conducts live fire naval exercises in South China Sea after Biden abandoned Afghanistan
Daily Mail ^ | Aug. 18, 2021 | Ross Ibbetson

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.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Military/Veterans
KEYWORDS: china; taiwan
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To: rickmichaels

Meanwhile, anything popping in Ukraine?


41 posted on 08/18/2021 10:54:51 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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To: Gay State Conservative

42 posted on 08/18/2021 10:55:29 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: rdcbn1
Put down the crack pipe,man! Our Armed Forces are focused on the *real* problems of the day....white rage and pronouns.
43 posted on 08/18/2021 10:56:34 AM PDT by Gay State Conservative (Covid Is All About Mail In Balloting)
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To: rdcbn1
We disengaged from Afghanistan so we could focus our efforts on kicking China’s ass if they step out of line

LOLZ! Our our soldiers going to gay-marry them?


44 posted on 08/18/2021 10:57:26 AM PDT by Sirius Lee (They intend to murder us. Prep if you want to live and live like you are prepping for eternal life)
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To: janetjanet998

This is gong on and they want us to worry about the sea level 100 years from now...


45 posted on 08/18/2021 10:58:17 AM PDT by central_va (I won't be reconstructed and I do not give a damn...)
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To: rdcbn1
We disengaged from Afghanistan so we could focus our efforts on kicking China’s ass if they step out of line

Can I buy some pot from you?

46 posted on 08/18/2021 10:58:19 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: warsaw44

You misunderstood my point. Yes, I believe we are responsible for assisting Taiwan in defending itself from China, but I doubt we will do so with the administration and DOD we have now. If China hasn’t already bought and paid for them, Biden and Gen. Milley are both too weak and incompetent, if not plain frightened to go to war. So, if I am correct, China has a green light and will not hesitate to sacrifice a million people to take Taiwan back.


47 posted on 08/18/2021 11:04:45 AM PDT by Qui is (Biden spews and Harris swallows)
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To: dfwgator

We disengaged from Afghanistan so we could focus our efforts on kicking China’s ass if they step out of line.

Can I buy some pot from you?


Not big on the THC thing, but thanks for the offer.

The way things are going, I may just need some in the near future.

Seriously, the Adults in the Trump Admin looked at force readiness needs to confront China and at the $40-$50 billion we were pounding down the Afghanistan rat hole every year and made the right decision.

So the original decision to withdraw from the sandbox was made with China in mind.

Afghanistan’s collapse will hopefully be a wake up call


48 posted on 08/18/2021 11:05:01 AM PDT by rdcbn1
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To: rdcbn1

That’s Trump, but that’s not Biden’s. Biden’s plan is to take advantage of the chaos to dump thousands of Afghan refugees on this country.


49 posted on 08/18/2021 11:07:20 AM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: allendale

Yes the Taiwan people will fight tooth and nail. Unfortunately the average citizen there is unarmed and untrained for firearm use. I have talked personally with some of the military I have met. They will fight to the death and are well trained.


50 posted on 08/18/2021 11:18:59 AM PDT by oldasrocks
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To: rickmichaels

51 posted on 08/18/2021 11:19:58 AM PDT by GraceG ("If I post an AWESOME MEME, STEAL IT! JUST RE-POST IT IN TWO PLACES PLEASE")
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To: ClearCase_guy

China can do it... the only time our military is ‘touch’ is when they’re talking about going after conservative American citizens.


52 posted on 08/18/2021 11:33:20 AM PDT by GOPJ (Our incompetent military brass needs to spend less time reading Marx and more time doing their jobs.)
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To: V_TWIN

Joke Biden: Bought & Paid for by the Chinese, blackmailed by the Russians.


53 posted on 08/18/2021 2:29:36 PM PDT by Tallguy
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