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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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. ;)
YES! Because there are a whole lot of us who will NEVER serve that imposter! No matter what!
“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.
Don’t forget brain capacity, too!
You think the army orders Navy ships about? Are you high?
How long do you suppose it takes a Chinese anti ship ballistic missile to fly 90 miles?
And the rule of “engagement” were?
Let me guess...
Hoist the white flag.
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.
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.
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.
Key words.....a ‘routine’ transit.
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.
To Mush Head, all his Navy ships
are just rubber duckies in a bath
tub.
[Could it get any worse?]
Don’t ask!!!
Just wait until he’s too ill to be there.
Then it will Kamala..
Just wait until he’s too ill to be there.
Then it will Kamala..
And brains 😂😂😂😂
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