Posted on 07/03/2022 3:02:48 PM PDT by RomanSoldier19
The US is watching “very, very closely” for signs of an attack by China on Taiwan, the chief of the US military has said.
“There’s no indications or warnings of anything imminent at this time,” General Mark Milley, the chairman of the US joint chiefs of staff, told BBC News. “But again, we watch it very, very closely.”
He said that a decision to attack by Beijing would be a “political” and policy choice, and based on China’s view of the “cost risk-benefit at the time”, as he acknowledged the repeated threats made by president Xi Jinping to reclaim the island by force if necessary.
The statement comes amid increasing anxiety among Taiwanese that China will invade the self-governed island, prompting locals to take gun training.
Last week, Britain’s foreign secretary Liz Truss issued a warning to China at the G7 summit in Madrid saying that any attempt to invade Taiwan would be a “catastrophic miscalculation”.
She said Beijing was in danger of making the same mistake as Russian president Vladimir Putin, as she added: “That is exactly what we saw in the case of Ukraine – a strategic miscalculation by Putin.”
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Yes, they’ve got popcorn popped and their friends on speed dial for the viewing party. And after that, they’ll watch the Rue Paul Drag finales.
What alternate universe are you living in? Ukraine is toast and the US is a woke mess. I doubt China fears a country that has climate change as their major national enemy.
...and they could responding by hitting Boulder...
oh, never mind.
and Wuhan
I keep worrying that Mexico will decide to invade the US and the Biden Administration will immediately surrender
The dumbass Biden administration is probably worried about the carbon footprint of the Chinese military.
if Taiwan hits it???
True
I just mention shanghai because its a major economic hub for them
yup...
Are the Chinese generals going to give Mary Milley a heads-up if an attack is imminent?
I love these headlines: “We are watching it closely.”
Story: “Well, we are watching it closely. We watch everyone closely. But there is no sign of anything. It’s just another day.”
I guess they gotta make money too.
I think it’s more like:
“We’re watching it closely, but we won’t actually do anything if they do attack.”
The Chinese have neither the lift capability nor the experience to invade a huge island defended by a million angry Chinese.
The Taiwanese people must be greatly relieved that General C.R.T. Milley is “up on that wall manning a post”.
And just what exactly would we do about it? How would we respond other than watching closely?!
Vast natural resources to be exploited, and virtually no one there. And Putin is occupied in The Ukraine.
Mr. Bean, silent but hilarious
WTH will this insane government do about it?
Like we they watched really close while Russia packed up its goodies in Iraq and flew them to Damascus. Like we watched really closely while Iran moved into Iraq. Like we watched really closely when Ortega consolidated power in Nicaragua ...again. Like we watched really closely while China inches towards the Philippines. Like we watched really close while Russia prepared to go into Georgia. And watched really close while Russia prepared to go into Crimea. And are watching really close while it swallows Ukraine...
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