Posted on 10/27/2021 11:23:22 PM PDT by blueplum
Taipei, Taiwan (CNN)The leader of Taiwan, the island thrust into the center of rising tensions between the United States and China, said the threat from Beijing is growing "every day," as for the first time she confirmed the presence of American troops on Taiwanese soil.
Speaking with CNN in an exclusive interview Tuesday, President Tsai Ing-wen said Taiwan, which is located fewer than 200 kilometers (124 miles) away from China's southeastern coast, was a "beacon" of democracy that needed to be defended to uphold faith worldwide in democratic values....
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Everything in our stores is made in China for years now. We have been making them rich and to what end? What was this, IS this all about?
Why wouldn’t Xinnie the Pooh attack Taiwan?
Biden is a weak child groping pedophile easily distracted with “look, a child!”, what’s he going to do?
“...confirms presence of US military trainers on the island”
It wasn’t exactly secret, but this dude’s gotta learn when to cork his fat gob if he wants to keep his island as free as it is.
Trainers ??? Advisers ???
That’s how we got involved in Vietnam
Get ready for a desperate exfiltration.
Only 51 % of Taiwanese want the status quo re: the mainland . Number is much lower among 18-30 age group . All China has to do is wait . Taiwan spends little on defense ; they rely on the USA to protect them . Only 180,000 in the military .
Whether the U.S. will come to Taiwan’s defense is doubtful. China’s development of a hypersonic missile renders our carriers obsolete and defenseless. Without our carrier fleets there will be no US assets coming to the rescue.
The same one’s that trained the Afghan Army?
“Everything in our stores is made in China for years now. We have been making them rich and to what end? What was this, IS this all about?”
We never stood up to our labor unions as we should have for the past 50 years, at least.
Therefore people like me (and the entire GOP), early on, were PERFECTLY HAPPY to send our manufacturing to China. If we had been like Japan in dealing with the unions, then no need to send everything overseas.
Now we pay.
“China’s development of a hypersonic missile renders our carriers obsolete and defenseless. Without our carrier fleets there will be no US assets coming to the rescue.”
Not quite. Tank development led to anti tank development. It’s a process. We will catch up to China, quickly, now that we are in the fight.
We can take out hypersonic battery’s prior to their shooting and keep Carriers out of range until then. We can also use unmanned stealth carrier tankers to expand the combat radius of F35 stealth fighters from 600 miles to 1100-1200 miles. This is huge.
Just 3 attack subs with Vertical missile tubes could put an end to a majority of all of the Chinese A2/AD capability.
Don’t get me wrong, the Chinese are coming and they are planning to dominate not just Asia, but the globe. We have work to do...asap.
Those who incorrectly, say “Taiwan is just an island”, don’t understand the critical base Taiwan would be and the critical sea lanes and straits that it commands.
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