Posted on 03/18/2021 11:16:36 AM PDT by RomanSoldier19
US defense officials are increasingly warning of the potential for conflict with China over Taiwan.
There is almost no way in which the US could intervene in that conflict without devastating losses.
Lt. Col. Daniel L. Davis, ret, Defense Priorities Thu, March 18, 2021, 7:16 AM·5 min read Shiyu Kinmen County Taiwan China Shiyu, or Lion Islet, one of Taiwan's offshore islands, with the Chinese city of Xiamen in the background. Carl Court/Getty Images US defense officials are increasingly warning of the potential for conflict with China over Taiwan.
There is almost no way in which the US could intervene in that conflict without devastating losses.
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Many of America's leading military and political figures have issued increasingly alarmist warnings in recent days about the potential for conflict with China, especially related to issues surrounding Taiwan.
But before the US gets into a crisis that brings it to the threshold of war - or finds itself stumbling into one - policymakers and military leaders need to address some hard realities.
There is almost no scenario in which the United States can successfully intervene in a war between China and Taiwan that will not leave our country in far worse shape than it is right now; in a worst-case scenario, American territory could be struck by nuclear missiles.
In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee last week, Adm. Phil Davidson, commander of US forces in the Indo-Pacific, warned that Chinese military developments looked to him like a nation planning for a war.
Davidson added that he believed China would attempt to forcibly reunify Taiwan "in the next six years." To guard against this possibility, Davidson asked Congress to provide a whopping $27 billion in additional funding over the current defense budget.
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I agree with you.
Yeah, chicom deep cover bot sent here in 1998. Here’s a clue: China’s already corrupted our leadership. The only enemy our military will be allowed to destroy is people like me.
You represent a veritable boy who cried wolf scenario. they’ve never had an opportunity like the one Biden has presented them with and I don’t think they’re gonna miss it.
with Biden’s people there the US will not only roll over for the chicoms but play dead as well.
also i believe you need to update your M.I. info Nimitz carrier group is in port stateside now.
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