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US Warship Transits Through Taiwan Strait for First Time Under Biden
Epoch Times ^ | 02/04/2021 | Nicole Hao

Posted on 02/04/2021 7:57:46 PM PST by SeekAndFind

A U.S. warship sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Feb. 4, marking the first such operation during the Biden administration.

The USS McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, made a routine transit in the narrow waterway between Taiwan and China in accordance with international law, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said in a statement.

“The ship’s transit through the Taiwan Strait demonstrates the U.S. commitment to a free and open Indo-Pacific. The United States military will continue to fly, sail and operate anywhere international law allows,” it said.

The maneuver came as the Chinese regime escalated its rhetoric and military pressure toward Taiwan in the days after President Joe Biden took office.

On the first weekend of Biden’s presidency, China made its largest-scale military incursions into the island’s air defense zone—13 military aircraft flew over Taiwan’s southwest waters on Jan. 23, and another 15 military aircraft made a similar incursion the next day.

The United States, in response, criticized Beijing’s military activities and reaffirmed its commitment to Taiwan, which it described as “rock solid.”

The United States, like most countries, has no official diplomatic ties with Taiwan, but is the island’s most important international backer and supplier of weapons.

Chinese aircraft incursions near Taiwan have since been seen almost on a daily basis for the past few months, according to the island’s defense ministry.

The Chinese regime considers Taiwan a part of its territory, even though the island has been governed as a distinct entity for more than seven decades.

Beijing has also vowed to retake Taiwan by military force if necessary. It views U.S. military transits of the Taiwan Strait as provocations, despite the waterway being deemed as open to all countries for transit under international law.

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TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 01readpost53; china; georgiagirl2; taiwan; usnavy
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To: Veggie Todd

First time I tried that with a lever-action rifle, I jabbed my trigger-finger SO bad...

Instant conversion to semi-autos...

Go ahead, laugh. I do too...now. ;)


21 posted on 02/04/2021 9:06:08 PM PST by W. (And now, more beer, and Les Nessman!)
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To: DoughtyOne

YES! Because there are a whole lot of us who will NEVER serve that imposter! No matter what!


22 posted on 02/04/2021 9:10:05 PM PST by The Right Edge (Staunch Trump Supporter AND PROUD to be!)
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To: SeekAndFind

“USS McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, made a routine transit in the narrow waterway between Taiwan and China...”

I wouldn’t call 90 miles narrow.


23 posted on 02/04/2021 9:10:12 PM PST by ifinnegan (Democrats kill babies and harvest their organs to sell)
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To: Flick Lives

Don’t forget brain capacity, too!


24 posted on 02/04/2021 9:15:45 PM PST by tina07 (In loving memory of my father,WWII Vet. CBI 10/16/42-12/17/45, d. 11/1/85 )
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To: C210N

You think the army orders Navy ships about? Are you high?


25 posted on 02/04/2021 9:27:05 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: ifinnegan

How long do you suppose it takes a Chinese anti ship ballistic missile to fly 90 miles?


26 posted on 02/04/2021 9:28:29 PM PST by Alter Kaker (Gravitation is a theory, not a fact. It should be approached with an open mind...)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation
I wonder if Taiwan, like Israel, secretly has nuclear weapons?

If they don't yet, one look at Joe Bidet babbling from the WH will cause them to initiate a crash program...
27 posted on 02/04/2021 9:37:40 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

And the rule of “engagement” were?

Let me guess...

Hoist the white flag.


28 posted on 02/04/2021 9:38:09 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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To: The Right Edge

That won’t be bad for him. It will be bad for the nation.

I doubt if the guy could walk into a grocery store and
conduct business by himself.

Him being the CIC in time of war, would expose us to
maximum danger.


29 posted on 02/04/2021 9:38:40 PM PST by DoughtyOne (The Republican Party is dead. Long live the Founders Party.)
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To: Pining_4_TX

All the experts on nuclear war have long argued the gravest danger is caused by weak and confused leadership at the head of any nation with nuclear weapons.

Bidet is far and away the most pathetic President the US has had in the nuclear age.

That significantly raises the risk of a needless and dangerous war, particularly with the insane and annoying virtue signaling that is part and parcel of the modern Democratic Party.


30 posted on 02/04/2021 9:43:06 PM PST by cgbg (A kleptocracy--if they can keep it.)
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To: SeekAndFind

The USS McCain, a guided-missile destroyer, made a routine transit in the narrow waterway between Taiwan and China in accordance with international law, the U.S. Seventh Fleet said in a statement.

Some irony there, if a war broke out.


31 posted on 02/04/2021 10:04:22 PM PST by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: StoneWall Brigade

Key words.....a ‘routine’ transit.


32 posted on 02/04/2021 10:07:19 PM PST by caww (“For the people” and “For the children” - signals we're about to be scammed)
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To: july4thfreedomfoundation

Yeah cause Israel having nukes is one of the biggest and best kept secrets there is :)

Come on man it’s 2 VERY different countries.

China would be All Over Taiwan if they tried to make or install nukes.

And I’m sure they have plenty of spies there.

And why keep it a secret? Not much of a deterrent that way.

But I’m wrong often so I will be interested in your reply.


33 posted on 02/04/2021 10:17:38 PM PST by dp0622 (Tried a coup, a fake tax story, tramp slander, Russia nonsense, impeachment and a virus. They lost.)
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To: SeekAndFind

To Mush Head, all his Navy ships
are just rubber duckies in a bath
tub.


34 posted on 02/04/2021 10:21:30 PM PST by Lean-Right (Eat More Moose)
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To: DoughtyOne

[Could it get any worse?]

Don’t ask!!!


35 posted on 02/04/2021 10:27:15 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DoughtyOne

Just wait until he’s too ill to be there.

Then it will Kamala..


38 posted on 02/04/2021 10:29:44 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: DoughtyOne

Just wait until he’s too ill to be there.

Then it will Kamala..


39 posted on 02/04/2021 10:29:44 PM PST by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the days of Lot; they did eat, they drank, they bought, they sold ......)
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To: Flick Lives

And brains 😂😂😂😂


40 posted on 02/04/2021 11:15:17 PM PST by StoneWall Brigade (NATIONALISM IS RIGHT WINGED MARXISM GO BACK TO AMERICANISM /REAGANISM IT WORKS )
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