Posted on 03/06/2022 9:14:01 PM PST by Zhang Fei
The U.S. should immediately "do the right and obvious thing" and recognize Taiwan as a "free and sovereign country," former U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo wrote Thursday night in a series of Twitter messages.
Pompeo’s comments came as he visited Taiwan’s President Tsai Ing-wen in Taipei – and as war continued to rage in Ukraine late Thursday into Friday, with a fire at a nuclear power plant bringing a potentially frightening new scenario into play, although the fire was later reported to be extinguished.
A possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan has loomed as a possibility in the wake of Russia’s Ukraine invasion, with some foreign-affairs experts arguing U.S. adversaries may be eager to test how willing and able the Biden administration is to respond to acts of aggression.
But Pompeo warned that Taiwan must not suffer an attack similar to that in Ukraine. Risk to freedom
"If any of us were mistaken or complacent about the risk to that freedom, I think we need only watch what’s taking place in Europe today to see that this continues to demand deep, concerted, focus[ed] leadership from those of us who cherish freedom," Pompeo said, according to the Taipei Times.
The world is already watching for whether economic sanctions imposed by the Biden administration and other Western leaders will be enough to convince Russian President Vladimir Putin to end the war, now in its ninth day.
In the immediate term, clear support for Taiwan is an important message for the U.S. to send, Pompeo wrote Thursday.
"It is my view that the U.S. government should immediately take necessary, and long-overdue, steps to do the right and obvious thing, that is to offer the Republic of China (Taiwan) America’s diplomatic recognition as a free and sovereign country," wrote Pompeo, 58, a former CIA
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Wow.
If the cartel hadn’t used vote fraud, Trump and Pompeo would have been recognizing Taiwan right about now. It would have been an official visit by the Secretary of State.
And how does he think China would react to that? Trump had it all handled, until pence help cheat us out of another Trump term.
That would be a bad, bad move. Pompeo must be sad he missed WWII and wants to see what it is like.
Would Taiwan want it? Now?
I don’t think I’d bet on President Poopy-Pants.
I’m sure China’s going to hear about Mikes statement asap.
Good move for Trump/Pompeo.
If Brandon does this, China invades Taiwan.
Brandon does squat.
Trump/Pompeo increase their political leverage for 2024.
It won’t be for long.
Globalist gotta Globalist.
[Wow.]
* I believe the Chinese casus belli re Taiwan is that it will attack if Taiwan declares independence. So that walk back was presumably so the Taiwanese don’t get any ideas, thereby precipitating an immediate Chinese invasion (once all the aircraft, supplies, ships and troops are stacked up across the Taiwan Strait).
And no questions about it.
> That would be a bad, bad move. <
I must agree, especially now. One crisis at a time, Mr. Pompeo.
I’ve been saying this for years and Trump was trying to make it so. Those are the Free Chinese people who fled the continent after WWII due to the communist. Chang Kai Sheiks’ People.
I wouldn’t blame Pence. He’s and A-Hole RINO, UNIPARTY stooge, for sure.
The blame lies with people like Kemp, Ducey, Raffensberger, Brnovich, Carr, Duncan, and all the rest of the state folks that were complicit in all of it.
Sussd out commie.
ChiCom
“And how does he think China would react to that? Trump had it all handled, until pence help cheat us out of another Trump term.”
ChiComs would have taken it with whining and ape-like beating their chests.
Trump and Pompeo threw it in their faces and they took all of it because they know they got nothing without us.
I think I would argue that they are the Chinese. Mao’s throwbacks killed a lot of Americans in Korea and Vietnam, not to mention all of the Chinese culture they just threw away.
Check your history. When Mao came to power with the communist the free Chinese fled to Formosa and eventually it became Taiwan. Chang Kai Shiek couldn’t stop the communist and ended up there.
I think if you read my post again, you will see that that is what I was saying. I think Taiwan has what is left of the real Chinese, having preserved their culture.
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