Posted on 06/02/2023 11:07:34 PM PDT by Olog-hai
American Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin vowed Saturday that Washington would not stand for any “coercion and bullying” of its allies and partners by China, while assuring Beijing that the United States remains committed to maintaining the status quo on Taiwan and would prefer dialogue over conflict.
Speaking at the so-called Shangri-La Dialogue, an annual forum bringing together top defense officials, diplomats and leaders, Austin lobbied for support for Washington’s vision of a “free, open, and secure Indo-Pacific within a world of rules and rights” as the best course to counter increasing Chinese assertiveness in the region.
The U.S. has been expanding its own activities around the Indo-Pacific to counter sweeping territorial claims from China, including regularly sailing through and flying over the Taiwan Strait and in the South China Sea.
“We are committed to ensuring that every country can fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows,” he said. “And every country, large or small, must remain free to conduct lawful maritime activities.” …
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That’s a bingo! The democrat party coreces and bullies all day long.
Maybe. But he sure bends way over, grabs his ankles and “asks for another.”. In the case of China he even says “please”
Such rampant hypocrisy
No wonder more and more of the world tunes us out
Says he won’t stand for .... because he is too busy drinking his 8th weight watchers smoothy out of a rainbow straw... I am sure the CCP is quaking in their boots... more likely they are laughing as they write another check to the big guy...
But the administration will stand for some bribery from China. And sit. And roll over...
China owns Biden.
They have the dirt on him, his dirt bag son and the rest of his dirt bag family.
If he gets in their way they have enough evidence to send him and his money-grubbing clan to prison for the rest of their lives.
That’s the reason he allowed their spy ballon to complete its mission and transit the entire continental USA before he gave the military the okay to shoot it down over the ocean.
But, the DOD will bully straight white service men and women all day and every day.
IMHO Biden didn't "melt" in Afghanistan.
A deal was made with the Taliban.
They got $8 billion dollars worth of USA military hardware.
We don't know yet what Biden got in return.
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US will not go to war with China over Taiwan. China knows this.
Lighten up Lloyd. These days, the “White House” doesn’t have a clue who China is.
He said.....“We are committed to ensuring that every country can fly, sail and operate wherever international law allows,”
So the US Military is then indeed the worlds policing agency?
Hit ‘em with your purse, Lloyd.
Phony expression of concern about China when he really plans to do nothing about that nation and to continue his war against Russia.
hey Lloyd - apparently they don’t listen to you or Joe. another failed Biden diplomatic venture
We're not out to get the FBI, we're out to change the culture of the FBI at HQ.
There you have it. No prosecutions for wrongdoing, just a change in "culture".
Pretty much the same thing Jim Jordan said a few months ago.
...doesn't run the State Department and is not official spokesman for the White House. It seems he is getting ahead of himself....
Biden is falling all over himself to reprimand China about this.
The military-industrial complex is extremely dependent on Taiwan accordingly.
Though the Democrats control much of the military, they do not control the military-industrial complex. Quite the contrary.
This is what is preventing China from taking Taiwan.
I understand there’s a chip maker here in the states either already set up or in the process of manufacturing them here so that we aren’t dependent on Taiwan. Which would indicate the US is not going to let the chip issue be used as leverage regarding Taiwan.
I think the only reason China hasn’t made a move is it dos not want world trade to be affected through the Straits, which war would do were it to happen.
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