Posted on 03/30/2023 8:36:33 AM PDT by rktman
Biden is speaking loudly but carrying an ever smaller stick.
Over the past couple of years, Xi has been ratcheting up the pressure on Taiwan, and Biden has matched and raised his bet.
I have long been skeptical of the U.S.’ strategic ambiguity regarding Taiwan. Like it or not, Taiwan is now at the heart of global commerce, punching far above its weight class.
About 70% of microprocessors are made by Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), and while not all of them are manufactured on the island, the world economy would be crippled by its loss. Taiwan is at the heart of the high-tech economy upon which the world now depends, and that is one of the many reasons China wants to control it.
President Biden has, de facto, abandoned the decades-old policy of strategic ambiguity and declared that the US would defend the independence of the island from China, committing the US to war in the event of an attack. Taiwan, far more than Ukraine, is of vital strategic interest to us and it’s hard to fault him for buttressing deterrence.
Except it’s all talk. Biden is talking big but cutting the US Navy and strangling its budget. How, exactly, can we defend the country with an understrength Navy and a declining stockpile of ammunition? Every shipment to Ukraine that isn’t backfilled quickly diminishes our ability to actually defend the island.
Xi knows that. Biden claims that our support for Ukraine proves our commitment to our allies and will bolster deterrence. Perhaps so, except our actual military capabilities are shrinking by the day, and Biden is working to shrink them even faster.
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Tiawan needs to be investing in ATGMs, arming it’s civilian population, defense training and close in artillery and missile defense. A couple of subs and more airplanes would be a good idea but they are far more expensive.
Well, priorities right? The less ships in the water, the lower the water level.
Obviously he'd be the Maverick solution to business.
Complete with 'flight' suit!
He could borrow one from the hildabeast signature collection.
Besides the Big Guy just doing what his CCP friends paid him to do (I’m shocked!), I wonder how many congress critters, including RINOs, are on the take.
Also, any RINOs who were involved in the 2020 Steal also have that blackmail vulnerability, worse than for a Demonrat IMHO, if/when details get exposed.
I wonder if our commie countrymen thought it would all be unicorns and rainbows and business as usual if they just got Trump out of office.
Patriots need to uncover it all, expose every cockroach!
Fitting indeed
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Correction to first sentence - Biden is speaking loudly but HAS an EVEN smaller DICK.
FJB and his ENTIRE Perverted, Pedophile, Sexually Deviant Administration !!!!
Bet that most of them are on the CCP/Soros payroll.
That would explain why they keep turning a blind eye to our current state of massive corruption, and insanity.
Indeed, but I wonder if Taiwan is truly opposed to being part of mainland China? Cultural and family ties along with the western concept of freedom not being part of Asian heritage.
You’re welcome, as always, Perseverando! Much appreciated!
“Biden is gutting the US Navy”
That’s part of the Bidens’ deal with China...along with gun bans etc.
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Yup
Probably has a uniform like that in storage from those days and forgot it like most stuff.
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