Posted on 11/03/2021 10:50:04 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
The U.S. military "absolutely" could defend Taiwan from a potential Chinese attack if asked to do so, Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Mark Milley said Wednesday.
Speaking at the Aspen Security Forum, Milley said he did not expect China to attempt to seize the self-governing island in the next 24 months, but should it happen, U.S. forces “absolutely have the capability” to defend Taipei, “no question about that.”
He also allowed that Beijing is “clearly and unambiguously building the capability to provide those options to the national leadership if they so choose at some point in the future.”
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Please, Miley couldn’t even defend his lame ass excuse for the withdrawl from Afghanistan.
Could ain’t the same as would.
His “could” statement will be seen as weakness by the Chicoms.
“Must” or “will” are the only words they respect.
Milley I guess thinks the war can be won by drones alone as he and the resident start destroying our military for the benefit of the PRCs/CCP!
Anyone who believes otherwise is deluded by their emotions.
Many want to believe the US could not prevail.
They need to examine their motives.
Ginning up war drums. What a tool!
Wave the rainbow flags from ships—that will make the Chinese sailors and soldiers die from laughing so hard.
The US has the ability to prevail, of course—with sound leadership in the military.
But—the current crop of clowns are not ready for prime time.
Only if we went nuclear. Otherwise we’d get there a day late and a dollar short.
Defending Taiwan vs China will mean running a Chinese blockade of Taiwan (which would be no Berlin Airlift). Once the PLA has decided to do the blockade, they will be “all in”, no half-measures.
At that point, you are right. Our only recourse then would be to exert blockades/embargoes vs China, enlisting and marshaling as many powerful countries of the world alongside us. I believe that such a chess match would already have been played out in those inscrutable minds of the CCP. They would have counted the cost and found it surmountable.
i wonder what the chins think about an underling spewing this kind of language?
Looks like John Goodman before the weight-loss.
Thanks
He talks like we’d not take heavy casualties in defending Taiwan, a country right off the coast of communist China.
Just like they “absolutely” defended the Afghanistan airport in Kabul?
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