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I remember as a teenager hearing on the radio that the Commies were firing artillery onto Quemoy Island.

"Quemoy—which at its closest point is only about 1.5 miles (2.4 km) off the Fujian coast—was subject to periodic artillery exchanges with communist forces on the mainland. One such incident, in 1958, (which also included Matsu Island to the north) provoked an international diplomatic crisis, when the communists heavily bombarded both islands and demanded that the Nationalists there surrender. The standoff was diffused only after the United States interposed the 7th Fleet between the mainland and Taiwan."

1 posted on 01/09/2021 7:57:00 PM PST by blam
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wont the commies just reverse this on January 20?


2 posted on 01/09/2021 8:00:10 PM PST by SendShaqtoIraq ( )
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Interesting.

Pompeo is a guy, we should keep a good eye on.

I lived in Taiwan for a while.

I am sure this will shake up a few people, just a bit.


4 posted on 01/09/2021 8:02:22 PM PST by cba123 ( Toi la nguoi My. Toi bay gio o Viet Nam)
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Good, been long overdue.


5 posted on 01/09/2021 8:02:42 PM PST by Lurkinanloomin (Natural Born Citizens Are Born Here of Citizen Parents|Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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Good! Let’s Taiwan on (/jk)

It won’t last two weeks, but it establishes what Patriots know about who our friends are and who aren’t. Bring it on!


7 posted on 01/09/2021 8:04:06 PM PST by chajin ("There is no other name under heaven given among people by which we must be saved." Acts 4:12)
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That is a damn big slap in china’s face...

Excellent


8 posted on 01/09/2021 8:07:43 PM PST by Swiffer_Ralf (Orig. Eureka_Lead)
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This is just to make it clearer when Biden gives Taiwan to Communist China.


10 posted on 01/09/2021 8:13:30 PM PST by kaehurowing
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Excellent!!!!


11 posted on 01/09/2021 8:27:17 PM PST by Prole
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Pompeo bump for later....


12 posted on 01/09/2021 8:28:05 PM PST by indthkr
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Panda Xi will not be happy.


13 posted on 01/09/2021 8:34:11 PM PST by broken_clock (Go Trump!)
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To: blam

good.


14 posted on 01/09/2021 8:36:18 PM PST by dadfly
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RE: Washington “One-China” Policy Dead As Pompeo Lifts Restrictions On US-Taiwan Relations.

DEAD FOR HOW LONG?

China Joe Biden will be in the White House on January 21. Who’s going to stop him from overturning this policy?


15 posted on 01/09/2021 8:36:40 PM PST by SeekAndFind
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President Chamberlain now in the position of selling out an ally to an enemy for “peace in our time”. History sure does rhyme.


19 posted on 01/09/2021 9:04:46 PM PST by angmo (#joeknew)
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These actions are NOT the quacks of a lame duck.

They are the ROAR of Mustafa!


20 posted on 01/09/2021 9:05:06 PM PST by lightman (I am a binary Trinitarian. Deal with it!)
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Mike Pompeo rolls a grenade into the room on his way out.

I wonder how many other Patriots in the Trump administration will do likewise?

35 posted on 01/10/2021 3:02:02 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("You'll never hear surf music again" - J. Hendrix)
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Today I am announcing that I am lifting all of these self-imposed restrictions. Executive branch agencies should consider all “contact guidelines” regarding relations with Taiwan previously issued by the Department of State under authorities delegated to the Secretary of State to be null and void.

For the next ten days at least. Biden will impose them again.

40 posted on 01/10/2021 10:59:39 AM PST by DoodleDawg
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