Posted on 10/21/2022 4:11:26 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
China could invade the self-governed island of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior US naval commander said.
Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of US naval operations, raised the prospect of imminent war yesterday at a discussion hosted by the Atlantic Council in Washington. He was asked about recent official US assessments that China is building the capability to seize Taiwan by 2027.
“When we talk about the 2027 window, in my mind that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window,” Gilday said. “I can’t rule that out. I don’t mean at all to be alarmist by saying that, it’s just that we can’t wish that away.”
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Mars “could” invade Venus this year.
“ China could invade the self-governed island of Taiwan as soon as this year, a senior US naval commander said.”
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Really? Than maybe we shouldn’t be burning up our existing stocks of munitions and equipment in Ukraine where we really have no interests. Just sayin’.
World War IV, on multiple fronts, for a Great Reset.
And the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
Now that Russia is responding to every step-up by the Neocons in Ukraine, I suspect the Neocons are getting ready to call it a day in Ukraine, and try their luck starting a war with China. Why not, they just may have better luck! (either that or lose a few carriers).
Wait, they were supposed to have already done it at the same time the Russians moved on Ukraine.
Joe Biden will have more flexibility after the election.
Hunter Biden will do the negotiations and if the Big Guy gets 10% it’s a go.
That potential threat is worth at least a few billion $$ to set up a study group.
Add it to the black budget.
The world population isn't going to drop to the target 500 million by itself!
The Chinese might learn in Taiwan what the Russians are learning in Ukraine: Once people have tasted freedom, it’s hard to stomach repression.
That center pic, there is never a frag around when you need one.
Yep.
These fools won’t be happy until the Four Horsemen are riding.
A world 🌎🌍 being sold on Globalism.
At the link is a discussion on what the US has just done to China regarding IC’s. This is enough, according to the presenter, to destroy* a technocratic state. Taiwan is probably the biggest producer of IC’s and it is tantalizingly close to China. Recall that the Japanese only decided to attack America after America cut off its access to oil...a move intended to destroy* the Japanese state...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0j_7gmMrhI&list=TLPQMjExMDIwMjI9S0KrDZcX_A&index=1
* In both cases the US government correctly deduced that it was in danger and took what it considered the most aggressive non war route to obtain what it wanted, an end to a potential rival’s expansion.
insanity all around
I watched the video, the presenter Peter Zeihan is very confident, giving the appearance of deep insider knowledge, which is a good selling point, but a scan of his other video titles shows he’s wrong a lot, IMHO.
For me, I still think we will see a very gradual ratcheting of a blockade around Taiwan. IMHO, the CCP does NOT want to risk a D-Day landing that could result in catastrophe, and lead to the end of the CCP and revolution, civil war and chaos across China. Fear of this is very very deep inside of China, from what I have gleaned from my own paltry study.
The CCP will play it safe, like a careful blackjack card counter, tightening the noose around Taiwan after each perceived Western provocation.
Invading Taiwan will present entirely different problems both for attack and defense from Ukraine.
Ukraine is easy to invade, Russia and Belorus wrap all the way around it. It’s also easy to resupply Ukraine from Poland, Romania etc.
Taiwan is an island, and a kinetic “D-Day” invasion would be much harder than Normandy, June 6, 1944. It’s a wider crossing than the English channel, with few good landing beaches that are easy to mine and fortify.
The US and British Navy’s were blooded in WW2 with many prior recent invasions under their belts, China’s navy is new and untested.
OTOH, Taiwan will be almost impossible to resupply or reinforce. Our warships will be in CCP missile range long before they can approach Taiwan.
All this points to a tightening blockade, NOT a kinetic invasion.
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