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Xi’s Biden Window for Conquest
American Thinker.com ^ | April 20, 2021 | J. Robert Smith

Posted on 04/20/2021 4:22:33 AM PDT by Kaslin

At Beijing, Xi Jinping is doubtlessly assessing the moment. Surely, he must ask himself, “Is the window most open now to conquer Taiwan?” Seizing Taiwan is a critical step in achieving the PRC’s midrange strategic aim of imposing its hegemony in East Asia. China’s longer-term aspiration is to overtake the United States as global leader.

For Xi, that window may be optimal for just 45 months and counting. That’s what remains in Joe Biden’s term. Lately, the PRC has been aggressively menacing Taiwan. Admiral Philip Davidson, commander of U.S. Indo-Pacific forces, is persuaded that Xi is accelerating efforts to surpass the United States.

“Taiwan is clearly one of their ambitions before that. And I think the threat is manifest during this decade, in fact, in the next six years,” he told a US Senate armed services committee hearing. [italics added]

Admiral Davidson’s political circumspection may stop him from further speculation. January 20, 2025 may be Xi’s cutoff date.

From Xi’s perspective, is a war more winnable now with the U.S. and its regional allies or in some future time? The opportunity to exploit American vulnerabilities may not occur soon enough again for the PRC, for many reasons.

A key reason is that the United States is saddled with an exceptionally weak president, an old man, frail in mind and body… a man who Xi and his cronies surely disdain.

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Editorial; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: xijinping
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Time will tell.
As it was very telling that I had to add captions to explain it to you.


21 posted on 04/20/2021 8:35:18 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Seem you found another liberal troll. They’ve been coming to FR and driving out people who couldn’t care less to associate with such feeble minded idiots.


22 posted on 04/20/2021 10:29:57 AM PDT by CodeToad (Arm up! They Have!)
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To: Dr. Pritchett

Agreed, the longer they wait the weaker we’ll be. The risk is 2022 might be the turning point back toward strength, giving aggressive powers about 1 year to make a decisive move.


23 posted on 04/20/2021 10:41:17 AM PDT by ctdonath2 (The claim of consensus is the first refuge of scoundrels.)
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To: Kaslin

We should’a nuked ‘em back in the 1950s.


24 posted on 04/20/2021 11:09:26 AM PDT by JimRed (TERM LIMITS, NOW! Militia to the border! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Travis McGee

Uh huh.

Your claim is ludicrous.


25 posted on 04/20/2021 11:35:22 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: CodeToad

Yeah. Some people are just contrarians, say the sky is blue, they’ll disagree.

Waste of time.


26 posted on 04/20/2021 3:01:23 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee
China has more ships than the US and these include real warships. China's Third Aircraft carrier should be operational in 2023 or 2024. China has two Type 075 Landing Helicopter Dock (similar to our Tara class) in service and one fitting out, which should be ready next year. The PRC has 6 active Type 071 amphibious transport dock ships and two fitting out. It has 32 LST and 31 LSM amphibious ships. Two Type 055 destroyers are in service and 6 are in trials or fitting out.
They will be able to invade next year
27 posted on 04/20/2021 11:19:35 PM PDT by rmlew ("Mosques are our barracks, minarets our bayonets, domes our helmets, the believers our soldiers." )
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To: rmlew

And add to all that thousands of “fishing vessels” sent to Taiwan with approx. 100 troops each.

If they make it to the beach for the invasion and Battle of Taiwan, great.

If they are sunk in the ocean, great in two ways:

1. A cheap target caused one irreplaceable torpedo or missile to be expended, using them all up, and

2. “Excess” Chinese males will not return to become a social problem.


28 posted on 04/21/2021 4:29:48 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

China plans to take Taiwan because they have claimed it as a (run away) province for eternity.

It has nothing to do with your ridiculous ‘break out to the world’ plan.


29 posted on 04/21/2021 3:52:59 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Just like Saddam proclaimed Kuwait as Iraq’s “19th Province”.


30 posted on 04/21/2021 3:54:01 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Pikachu_Dad

Idiot troll, go pester your fellow morons.


31 posted on 04/22/2021 3:59:27 AM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Travis McGee

Looks like I just did !


32 posted on 04/22/2021 7:31:07 PM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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