Posted on 09/05/2021 9:11:45 PM PDT by Right Wing Vegan
Washington, Sept. 5 (CNA) Former United States Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday called on the U.S. to stand with Taiwan after 19 Chinese military aircraft, a majority of them being fighter jets, flew into Taiwan's air defense identification zone (ADIZ) early Sunday.
"The United States must always stand with Taiwan and for freedom," Pompeo said in a tweet, which also included a Bloomberg report on the Chinese warplanes' Sunday incursion.
In the same vein, former U.S. ambassador to Japan and incumbent senator William Hagerty also shared the same Bloomberg report in his twitter account on Sunday.
"Communist China & other adversaries will continue to probe the resolve of the U.S. & our allies after Biden's debacle in Afghanistan," he tweeted.
"The Senate must press the Biden Admin to adopt a stronger posture to prevent foreign aggression," Hagerty said.
The remarks made by Pompeo and Hagerty came amid concerns that the U.S.' withdrawal from Afghanistan, which led to the country's takeover by the Taliban, had damaged Washington's credibility overseas.
The events in Afghanistan have led some U.S. allies to question whether Washington would come to their defense in the event of a crisis.
Asked to comment on Beijing's latest aggressive action toward Taipei, the U.S. White House National Security Council (NSC) reaffirmed Washington's commitment to Taipei in an email reply to CNA.
"The U.S. defense relationship with Taiwan is guided by the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA), as it has been for the past 40 years. We will uphold our commitment under TRA, we will continue to support Taiwan's self-defense, and we will continue to oppose any unilateral changes to the status quo," a NSC spokesperson said.
"We continue to have an abiding interest in peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and we consider this central to the security and stability of the broader Indo-Pacific region," the spokesperson added.
According to Taiwan's defense ministry, Sunday's incursion marks the fourth time the People's Liberation Army (PLA) has sent aircraft to Taiwan's ADIZ in September alone.
All of the aircraft were spotted southwest of Taiwan, between the main island and the Taiwanese-held Dongsha Islands, a chart in the defense ministry's report showed.
That airspace is considered part of Taiwan's ADIZ, an area declared by a country to allow it to identify, locate and control approaching foreign aircraft, but such zones are not considered territorial airspace.
The Taiwan Air Force responded by scrambling planes to monitor the Chinese aircraft, issuing radio warnings, and mobilizing air defense assets, before the PLA aircraft left the nation's ADIZ, the ministry said.
It has become an almost daily routine for Chinese warplanes to fly into Taiwan's ADIZ over the past two years as cross-Taiwan Strait relations deteriorate after President Tsai Ing-wen (蔡英文) assumed office in May 2016.
If I was the CCP, the invasion would begin on Monday, right in the middle of joek’s morning diaper change.
China had better back off, or joek will fill his diaper a second time!
But CCP knows he might unleash a Kamala body double on them lolz
Clueless Joe will follow his orders from Beijing and stand down while the Chinese invade Taiwan. Clueless Joe knows he’s a lame duck and is already a laughing stock, but is still POTUS. If you’re not terrified, you’re not paying attention.
CCP Joe stood down in Afghanistan, and he’ll stand down in Taiwan.
Yeah...my theory is that China’s military is a paper tiger. Only one way to find out if that is true!!
Forget the demented,corrupt Biden and the Marxist cabal that runs him. The fate of Taiwan rests with the people of Taiwan themselves. Are they willing to fight to preserve their freedom and country? Are they willing to put up a stout defense and die? If they do, those 90 miles of open ocean will become the graves of many Chinese communists. The invasion may very well fail. The political and economic ramifications for Red China would be immense. If America has learned anything since Vietnam and recently in Afghanistan, it has learned that the presence of American troops does not instill backbone and fighting spirit in those they are purported to help. Its up to the people of Taiwan, not the US.
Chicom bump for later...
Station 10,000 Marines now. Taiwan cannot be allowed to be succumbed.
Fine, I stand with them. Now what?
This is what happens with a weak President.
I’d bet they have a nuke from where ever to shoot into Bejing.
If Bejing is even partially destroyed China will fracture quickly.
America will do just fine without Washington DC, but most other countries center on their capital cities and don’t do so well without that “unifying” tyranny.
19 planes?
Testing the waters... err... air.
They surrendered their entire nuclear program a number of years ago... in exchange for security assurances from the US and other countries.
Which, under Biden, is about as valuable as used toilet paper.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan_and_weapons_of_mass_destruction
Y’all think there’s a chip shortage now? Think again. Taiwan produces 43% of the world’s chips and microprocessors.
Search: chinese mach 10 missile
They’re called ProgTards for a reason...
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