Posted on 09/19/2022 3:04:40 AM PDT by Hostage
Once China invades and occupies the island, it’s over for the residents of Taiwan.
The deployment of Chinese forces must be met at sea before reaching the island. Biden will neither respond at sea in time nor with sufficient airborne strength to turn back an occupying force.
The GOP will take the House, but not the Senate. Biden will blame the GOP controlled House for not funding a force to liberate Taiwan. Biden will reach an agreement with the CCP to protect the residents of Taiwan while guaranteeing chip supply to the US.
Taiwan’s fall will be blamed on the GOP. Biden will be praised for reaching agreement to protect the rights of Taiwanese.
Hey China...nice reservoir you have at 3 gorges...pity if someone dropped a bomb in the water behind it...and set to explode at about 200 ft down...hydro shock might put a hole in it.
Red China exploded it's first atomic device in 1964. As far as we know, Taiwan does not have nuclear weapons.
They don’t need LSTs. They’ve modified Hundreds of large commercial freighters for dual use commerce and invasion transports. Been going on decades.
I don’t know where you have been, but China has TONS of Blue Water platforms and they are about to deploy their second full sized Carriers (not a crappy Russian retread). This isn’t the 1980’s any more.They’ve also been modifying large numbers of commercial freighters to act as Troop Transports for the last 15 years. Taiwan is only 1300 miles from port-to-port and China has regional missile and submarine superiority sufficient to do it, and Xi knows it.
If the Chinese “take over” Taiwan, it will be with the approval of the people of the island.
The logistics of an invasion are beyond the capabilities of all parties. Folks talk about the straits as if China would be crossing the Delaware River. It’s a lot of open ocean.
A modest amount of research will allay the fear of an “invasion.”
I think the communists will settle for the status quo for the foreseeable future.
So Biden’s saying this won’t be a proxy war, but a head to head showdown with China.
So I guess the draft will be reinstated any time now.
That’s why neutron bombs exist.
Personally, I wouldn't put it past 'em. They unleashed a virus on the world that killed millions, what's a few nukes to them?
What will the GOP do??? Really???
They’ll let one or two go on tv and say “this is a BAD thing..” -once or twice..
Then, they’ll join the democrats at the party to celebrate.
Come on, man! - how long are we gonna play Charlie Brown to our politicians’ Lucy?
Freeze all student visas and work visas (OK, all immigration, too) from the PRC. Kick out a lot of them who are here.
Get them in a better frame of mind.
Then bring back all of our industry to the US.
Then, deport whoever bitches about it for being subversive.
Hang people like Biden and McConnell for taking money from the CCP.
Do away with federal aid for any university that had a Confucius institute.
Get the CCP back under the porch.
Punish treasonous politicians.
The ChiComs are not stupid. If they want Taiwan they will blockade the island and strangle it into submission.
I figured they would just buy out the Taiwanese companies and take over the boards of their companies.
Recent Chinese words on this don’t indicate invasion to me
I view China as more a political and economic threat at this point
They will surpass us as an economic power I fear in many ways
We gave it to them
Chinese crony gangsters governing a frolicking wide open capitalist economy
It’s very wierd honestly
Jobs for the hive
And they profit from it politically and cash
Plus they dominate non aligned world that eschews our woke crap
Maybe, but if they want to TAKE the island the PLAN will blockake it first and introduce a novel corona like virus to the island which will further justify the blockade!!! The ChiComs will have a vaccine ready to save Taiwan as soon as they capitulate. Bio warfare works, we all get it now.
The people of Taiwan don't want it, of course, but young globalist leadership is not long on sensitivity to public opinion.
Taiwan and mainland China are not the Swiss.
They are much closer to each other than the Swiss are to anyone.
Most young men in Taiwan do not want to die fighting the PLA, and would rather leave.
“People think nukes mean hugh explosins. Russia developed the nuetron bomb. It is the so called brief-case bomb. It can be fired from 155’s. These small nuclear devices have a radiation footprint that leaves buildings intact but dispates to the point buildings can be reoccupied in as little as 5 or 6 weeks. If you want to destroy an enemy in close quarter combat you use nuetrons; cities or to make a statement you use convention nukes so to speak. Nukes can also be fired or set off to clear chemical or biological areas that cannot be bypassed for theater operatons. Of course the soldiers who would fight thru would eventually die of radiation posioning but they could fight 24 hours effectivly.”
You may want to rewrite that paragraph on Neutron bombs, backpack bombs, and American 155 tactical shells.
We’ll go to war to protect Taiwanese, like we did Uyghurs, Hong Kongers, Tianamen Square folks, Free Catholics...yep, we’ll stand.
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