Posted on 01/24/2022 10:19:49 PM PST by SeekAndFind
Taiwan intercepted dozens of military aircraft from communist China on Sunday as Democrat President Joe Biden’s administration is seemingly being tested simultaneously by authoritarian regimes around the world, who many experts say see weakness in Biden.
“The latest Chinese mission included 34 fighters plus four electronic warfare aircraft and a single bomber,” Reuters reported. “Taiwan sent combat aircraft to warn away the Chinese aircraft, while missile systems were deployed to monitor them.”
The news comes as war appears imminent in Eastern Europe with U.S. officials saying that Russia is likely to launch an invasion into Ukraine as soon as this week.
Former Secretary of State and former CIA Director Mike Pompeo warned during an interview on Sunday that America’s enemies around the world, including China, were watching to see how the Biden administration responded to Russia’s aggression.
“They’re watching to see if this administration has the resolve and the steel to use all of its tools to preserve sovereignty for a nation like Ukraine,” he said. “I promise you not only are Xi Jinping and Chairman Kim and the Ayatollah watching, but so are the people of Taiwan, the Iranian people, and the Chinese people as well.”
Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), the Ranking Member on the Foreign Affairs Committee, echoed Pompeo’s remarks on Sunday, saying that what happens in Ukraine “has broader global ramifications.”
“It’s about China. It’s about President Xi and Taiwan. It’s about the Ayatollah and the bomb,” he said. “We’re seen as weak right now because of President Biden.”
The Biden administration reportedly indicated that it will not be able to evacuate U.S. citizens from Ukraine amid rapidly deteriorating conditions.
“Given that the President has said military action by Russia could come at any time, the U.S. government will not be in a position to evacuate U.S. citizens.” Biden’s State Department said, according to Fox News correspondent Jennifer Griffin. “So U.S. citizens, currently present in Ukraine should plan accordingly.”
The news came as the Biden administration ordered the families of all American personnel at the U.S. Embassy in Ukraine on Sunday to immediately leave the country.
“The security conditions, particularly along Ukraine’s borders, in Russia-occupied Crimea, and in Russia-controlled eastern Ukraine, are unpredictable and can deteriorate with little notice. Demonstrations, which have turned violent at times, regularly occur throughout Ukraine, including in Kyiv,” the U.S. State Department said. “Do not travel to Ukraine due to the increased threats of Russian military action and COVID-19. Exercise increased caution in Ukraine due to crime and civil unrest. Some areas have increased risk.”
A separate report on Sunday indicated that Biden was considering deploying U.S. forces to Eastern Europe in an apparent attempt to not appear weak, although many experts warn that it is too little too late.
The report said that senior military officials told Biden that he could deploy up to 5,000 U.S. troops to the region with the ability to ramp that number up “tenfold if things deteriorate.” Biden is expected to make a decision as early as this week about what course of action he will take.
The rest of the world sees what we see: a crabby, cantankerous old man cussing out all the young people who dare to ask him a real question. The White House of 2022 seems to have been re-constructed out of playing cards. How much a gust of air does it take to collapse a House of Cards? Not very much, believe you me.
Nobody is keeping Americans there; there is no need to evacuate.
Like somebody posted on a different thread: Get on a plane, or a bus, or a car, and leave. If you're close to the border, walk.
Biden looks weak and stupid, because he is again pissing away American power and influence, this time in Ukraine.
Its like he is out looking for opportunities to humiliate himself, and humiliate to America with ridiculous neocon scheming.
This is prelude to invasion and is exactly what the US did to Iraq in 1991. For weeks squadrons of fighters probed the borders so when the actual invasion came the Iraqis where conditioned to think the massing was just another exercise.
Hillary considered Libya a success story. Even laughed about it. Democrat illegality in Ukraine is even worse than in Libya. Same script is playing
Looks like the same Ivy League "elites" who dragged us unnecessarily into WWI, who extended The Great Depression with FDRs failed policies, who failed in Vietnam and Iraq and Libya and Syria are now drawing us down the primrose path of infinite war.
Once again the Deep State is putting us in deep doodoo.
Just wait until after The Winter Olympics. You ain’t seen nothing yet.
“Its like he is out looking for opportunities to humiliate himself, and humiliate to America with ridiculous neocon scheming”.
By now it’s obvious that this is all being done on purpose.
Day by day they’re hurting America in any way they possibly can.
Putin and Xi are going to play Biden for the international fool and windbag that he is.
There used to be a childhood game called
Monkey In The Middle, where two people keep throwing a ball back and forth just high enough so that it’s slightly out of reach for a third person standing in the center.
After a short while, the “Monkey” in the middle is all worn out and frazzled. Maybe even a little dizzy.
Fun is had by all.
The aluminum tubes we tried to grab hold of in Iraq were the bananas in the monkey trap.
Ping
See, and this is how you get war.
The chinese would Never have done this to President Trump. They KNOW what the outcome would be! With biden they see someone that they can test. And biden has put himself in a position that no matter what he does his response will be inappropriate and will lead to war.
This is sad.
Swarm?
Who writes this sh*t?
Biden is in on it; they stopped referring to communist China as “Red China”, then built up their manufacturing (while destroying ours). As long as cheap lead-painted ChiCom garbage fills our store shelves, be assured our elites and the ChiCom elites are on quite friendly terms.
More theater for us little people...
The dirty little secret is the middle men eat up the tiny extra profit using 3rd world labor and selling at first world prices. What we buy would cost the same if made in the USA. if you factor in the jobs created in sourcing manufacturing and the resulting increase in economic activity then the would be cheaper.
Once again the Deep State is putting us in deep doodoo.
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One of it’s most favored priorities. They even dare to lecture Russia and the Ukraine about body bags ... Russia and Ukrainian deaths fighting over the same land against the Nazis cost 5 million dead soldiers - the bulk of which were lost in the Battle for Kursk or the Eastern Front (the German forces had suffered 200,000 casualties and lost 500 tanks, while Soviet losses amounted to 860,000 casualties and 1,500 tanks).
https://ww2db.com/battle_spec.php?battle_id=40
The Ukraine is not our problem. We should have learned after Vietnam and Afghanistan: Mind Our Business. After the USSR dissolved, they tried to become part of Russia, who declined. They speak Russian, and a lot of the country wants to merge. I do feel bad for those who don’t, but we’re not the world police.
That said, Taiwan is another can of worms. If we allow that, by, “we” I mean, “The West”, China will not stop. Hitler on steroids. Considering Taiwan is the largest chip manufacturer in the world, that is a global problem. Ukraine, not so much. Europe would be kinda screwed, but they wanted Russia’s gas and oil instead of ours, so... Made bed, sleeping, etc.
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