Posted on 06/12/2023 10:08:46 AM PDT by lowbridge
The Biden administration is working on preparing plans to evacuate Americans in Taiwan, The Messenger reported Monday.
The federal government’s plans have been in the works for at least six months, according to The Messenger, which cited three sources with knowledge of the plans. Anticipation of a possible Chinese invasion of Taiwan has been mounting as China’s military encroachment of waters and airspace has heated up in recent months.
The planning has “heated up over the past two months or so” due to “heightened level of tension,” a senior U.S. intelligence official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because he wasn’t authorized to discuss the planning, told The Messenger. The source said that the plans have been motivated by “forces building up” and “China aligning with Russia on Ukraine.”
“There is but one China in the world, Taiwan is an inalienable part of China’s territory, and the Government of the People’s Republic of China is the sole legal government representing the whole of China,” China’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared in August.
The planning has been kept under wraps due to sensitivity, one source told The Messenger.
“Even talking about an [evacuation plan] starts people thinking something may be going on even if it is just prudent planning,” a former State Department official said, according to The Messenger.
An evacuation of Americans from Taiwan couldn’t be done without challenges, according to The Messenger, citing one source who said “the physical geography of Taiwan is a big factor.” The plans are still in the works, including how to navigate the challenging mountainous geography.
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S0, the Biden admin has been given preemptive warning from the CCP??? If Biden was really opposing the CCP he would not be making such a move at this time, and if it was necessary it would be thwarting the CCP using U.S. miltary assets sent to Taiwan for facilitating such an effort, raising the stakes for the CCP to consider.
What a lot of folks don’t know is that there are elections in Taiwan in January next January 2024.
The currently governing DPP leans towards independence the opposition Kuomintang leans towards the mainland.
Heck the election results may give Taiwan to the CCP on the mainland.
The US response to a “takeover” by China of Taiwan I expect to be economic sanctions backed by a sea blockade.
In the 1930’s Japan waged war on China with a strategy that included seizure of seaports to cut off China from trade with the outside world.
A new strategy based on that war is likely.
The US game will be to make the “takeover” of Taiwan (previous US presidents called Taiwan a part of China) a “hollow victory” for China.
We have never had an admistration yet, who could tell the world what the issue is and is not.
The issue is not a “national interest” issue for the people of China. It is a political manufactured issue of importance to the CCP, period. It would not be an issue between two democracies - one in Taiwan and one on the mainland.
The only failure is not about true national Chinese intrest, and is only about the failure of total political control by the CCP. Its all a matter of “how dare the people of Taiwan escape political control by the dictator ship on the mainland. The CCP hates that because Tawian remains a beacon for a much different political system for the people of China.
That, not “national interest” of the Chinese people is what the issue of Taiwan is all about.
Perhaps you forgot. Biden offered to evacuate Zelensky. But he and the Ukrainians said, no, this is our country, and we will fight.
Regarding Afghanistan, we had a different picture. There, the people were unwilling to fight. As I said in my original post, people who aren’t brave don’t deserve to be free. Freedom isn’t something we Americans owe anybody (other than ourselves). We didn’t owe Afghanistan to fight for their freedom. As it became clearer and clearer that those sorry sons of bitches weren’t worth one drop of American blood, it became clearer and clearer that we had to get the hell out of that mess.
While we have an interest in the entire world being free, we must be very careful about where we commit ourselves militarily, #1, because we owe it to ourselves and our current allies to preserve what we have; and, #2, because we should be confident that we will eventually win.
Astonishingly alarming how a Biden Administration has destroyed a relatively stable world with norms and boundaries.
100%
Because his Kabul “plan” worked so well!
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Obama’s Third Term is even more fun than his first two
Taiwan spends a lot on defense, a lot of it in the U.S. I know that in 2018, at a meeting between USAF representatives and the Taiwan Air Force, TAF asked what the U.S. wanted TAF to do in the case of war with China. USAF response: Stay out of the way. A lot has changed since 2018.
If they invade prior to November 2024, Dems are toast.
The fun part is he is married to Big Mike.
All this for a root canal?
Government of the People’s Republic of China
If democrats take the 2024 election your goin to be saying those words a lot.
Democrats have taken America to it’s weakest point in the history of it.
Xi winks
But they can become kidnap victims in Afghanistan
I went to the first Texxas Jam on July 01, 1978 at the Cotton Bowl.
Included very new Van Halen, Eddie Money, Atlanta Rhythm Section, Head East, Heart, Ted Nugent, Aerosmith, Mahogany Rush and others.
$13.50
There is only one China in the World, ans it is THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA!
Tell that truth to the DeSanctus supporters.Donate to the Trump campaign.
You mean 4F? Donald 4F Trump?
Maybe Trump actually was unfit for duty. Then, wWy didn’t either of his adult sons join the service?
They 4F too?
As of right now, I’m going with the guy who deployed to Iraq with the Navy Seals.
Great deal.
Did you ever watch the Cream Reunion Concert at Royal Albert Hall? One of the interview subjects is a fan who bought a ticket for the Murray the K rock shows and was able to stay all day to Cream, the Who and others several times-—for some tiny pittance of money. Murray had to lock the rock stars into the dressing rooms to keep them from escaping to rest from the exhausting long hours of concerts.
https://medium.com/the-riff/the-who-and-cream-make-their-us-debuts-on-the-same-bill-795eaa2ae10
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