Posted on 06/06/2022 6:18:19 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
Japan is reportedly planning to send an "active-duty" defense official to Taiwan to strengthen "information-gathering capabilities" in the wake of increasing Chinese aggression in the Taiwan Strait.
Japan's Ministry of Defense (MOD) is considering sending an official this summer (June to mid-September), reported local website Sankei.
Tokyo currently has one retired defense official deployed in Taipei. This official, who is also called the security chief, is equivalent to a defense attaché at a diplomatic mission abroad. Since he is not on active duty, he cannot communicate directly with the MOD but only through diplomatic channels.
Japan started posting a defense official in Japan-Taiwan Exchange Association's Taipei office in 2003 due to insufficient military-related information during the Taiwan Strait Crisis in 1996. However, it has so far refrained from sending an active official not to provocate China.
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Japan and the ROC (Republic of China__always use that as it drives the commies crazy) against the CCP. Ooh. Could be interesting.
Actually, calling it the country of Taiwan would do so even more.
Nixon could have left them to rot but he wanted to be clever. He should have known the American Left would eventually sell us out, never mind that busnissmen whould whore themselves for ChiCom lucre.
“Actually, calling it the country of Taiwan would do so even more.”
If you REALLY want to piss off the CCP, call it Formosa!
“Nixon could have left them to rot but he wanted to be clever. He should have known the American Left would eventually sell us out, never mind that busnissmen whould whore themselves for ChiCom lucre.”
Nixon thought he could encourage the distrust between China and Russia, playing one off the other.
Probably true. AFAIK Formosa comes from Portuguese, not Chinese the way Taiwan does, and I think it means “beautiful” (which the island is).
Me sitting in my living room anger the Chicoms
two drowning men will drown faster clinging together than if you seperate them
Japan has enough to worry about by worrying about Japan. Considering the evaporating US strategic guarantee of Japan, Japan will only be safe with an independent nuclear retaliatory capability with a Japanese finger on the button. The same for South Korea. de Gaulle’s force de frappe would be a good precedent. Any hint of a similar move by Taipei would be bring an immediate Chinese invasion. The fact is, this is a Chinese problem and Taiwan, as a nation, is a dead man walking.
“AFAIK Formosa comes from Portuguese...
Very true. So named by Portuguese sailors in the mid 16th century.
The Portuguese were very accomplished seafarers.
Like it matters if China or Russia is mad at us.
They already want to destroy you.
“two drowning men will drown faster clinging together than if you seperate them.”
Unless they come to an agreement to swim and survive.
Why even throw China in there. Just call it the Republic of Taiwan. No connection to China whatsoever.
China vs. Japan.
Nothing like a good global game of “let’s you and him fight”.
Socialism will always runs out of wealth. The bigger it is, the greater its ambitions, the more sure its doom.
Not sure I share your pessimistic view. I’ve heard it said that Japan could have nuclear weapons in about 24 hours, and they could deliver them with Lexus precision.
Given the situation with our current administration, my guess is that Japan has built the stockpile in secrecy knowing that they will have to defend themselves.
Thus, the saber rattling over Taiwan: Japan knows they will be next. The PRC has not forgotten Nanking.
Just reading Tower of Skulls by Richard Frank. There’s a lot not to be forgotten ‘37-‘45. I’ve said the same thing about the ex Warsaw Pact, now virulently anti Russian NATO members who, 30 years ago, were under the boot heel of the murderous seventy year Soviet reign of terror.
They shouldn’t make this info public. Just send ‘em and be quiet about it.
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