Posted on 03/15/2021 10:55:09 AM PDT by Retain Mike
China could attempt to take control of Taiwan by the end of the decade, the admiral leading U.S. Indo-Pacific Command said today
Testifying in front of the Senate Armed Services Committee, Adm. Phil Davidson said China’s aggression in the region leads him to believe its goal of seizing Taiwan is a more imminent issue.
“I think our concerns are manifest here during this decade, not only on the development – the numbers of you know, ships, aircraft, rockets, etc. that they’ve put in the field – but the way they’re advancing those capabilities as well in combination with everything that you just cited: Hong Kong . . . and Tibet, and a line of actual control in the South China Sea and the East China Sea,” Davidson told the panel of lawmakers.
“I worry that they’re accelerating their ambitions to supplant the United States and our leadership role in the rules-based international order, which they’ve long said that they want to do that by 2050. I’m worried about them moving that target closer,” he continued. “Taiwan is clearly one of their ambitions before then. And I think the threat is manifest during this decade, in fact in the next six years.”
I’m betting on the next 6 MONTHS.
In 6 years, the US military will have completed his disintegration into the abyss of radical leftist dogma with war fighting being a distant memory if that.
his = it’s
they wouldn’t dare with squadrons of pregnant fighter pilots standing by...
Ha ha ha. 6 years. China taking control of Taiwan in 6 years? What a laugh. They could do it tomorrow. Why should they wait? Nobody will even try to stop them. Well, except Taiwan. But other than that, nobody. Just like Hong Kong. There was a treaty. Neville Chamberlain. They won’t wait that long. As soon as US Navy is far enough away, and all that would take is orders from either President Biden before he leaves office or President Harris afterwards.
The Orcs will take Helm’s Deep this time, here at the close of the Fourth Age of Middle Earth.
They won’t wait six years to make their move.
They already have the blessing of the West.
They could release a more deadly virus into Taiwan, raging beyond control. The island nation will be quarantined until all most citizens are dead, then China will come in, to the ‘rescue’ with a new vaccine, round up the survivors in camps, burn all the Dead.
Or they might forego the facade and use their military. Just for kicks. To try out their hardware and tactics. To cull the ranks of their own unmarriageable batchelors. To enjoy the thrill of the kill.
Either way, we’ll do nothing but watch and send a stern letter to the UN.
They know they can’t trust the Biden’s to keep a simple bribe secret, so six years means midway through the next administration.
https://www.freerepublic.com/focus/search?m=all;o=time;q=quick;s=taiwan
WTF will this woke Bidet military do besides tactical Tweets and hashtags? As it stands,Taiwan is on their own and open for the Chicoms to take it.
They could move on Taiwan anytime and there is absolutely nothing this country could or would do to stop them.
Yes, a lot sooner than six years.
US will ‘lose fast’ in war with China, Air Force’s simulation shows
Last fall, the U.S. Air Force played out a war scenario with China, in which China begins its attack by deploying a biological weapon throughout the Indo-Pacific region. the outcome for the U.S. was not a good one, a new report revealed this week.
There is no "loss" where there is no fight.
I think the ChiGooks will start with a really tight air/sea blockade of Taiwan.
No doubt. That’d be the dare for us to try and stop them. And of course “President” Harris will do nothing.
I would say 6 months is more likely than 6 years. Depending on how bad it gets in DC.
TAIWAN THEATERWIDE
TAIWAN SURPRISE
TAIWAN DOMESTIC
TAIWAN CONFRONTATION
Ditto... China will bust move MUCH sooner than that!
That is what I was thinking as well.
Someone need only come up with an excuse. “Its Tuesday” probably works for Beijing.
China has a young male problem.
In 6 years that demographic problem will be a crisis. That many young men with no prospect of a family; a girl friend; or future...will not bode well for the CCP.
They need to act soon to either get them more people under their control, or to wipe out the young males who will be “anxious.”
Gee....I wonder how a country does that?
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