Posted on 03/20/2024 3:26:26 PM PDT by bitt
45 years after the United States withdrew its forces from Taiwan following the normalization of diplomatic relations with China, it is now revealed that the ‘Green Beret’ forces are permanently stationed on islands in the Taiwan Strait near the Chinese border.
Taiwanese Defense Chief Chiu Kuo-cheng officially confirmed it when asked about the presence of the US Army Special Forces.
This revelation has the potential to escalate tensions with China.
Daily Express US reported:
“[The admission] comes after Secretary of State Antony Blinken this week issued an ‘ironclad’ warning to China as tensions between the two nations rise.”
Former President Tsai Ing-wen had already mentioned in passing three years ago ‘occasional training sessions with US instructors’, but Chiu’s recent statement is the first official confirmation of the permanent nature of these activities.
“According to reports from Taiwan’s United Daily News (UDN), US Army Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group are now permanently stationed at bases of the 101st Amphibious Reconnaissance Battalion, a Taiwanese army special operations force, located in outlying island counties of Penghu and Kinmen. Notably, Kinmen lies just over a mile from Chinese shores.
Additionally, reports suggest an American military presence in the northeast city of Taoyuan on Taiwan’s main island, with service members providing specialized training on drone equipment for Taiwan’s elite Airborne Special Service Company.”
Newsweek reported:
“The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) in 2023 paved the way for their arrival to conduct training programs for troops on Taiwan’s front line.”
The U.S. Army Green Berets from the 1st Special Forces Group were sent to the outlying island counties of Penghu and also Kinmen, just a mile away from Chinese territory.
“The 1st Battalion of this Pacific-oriented Special Forces Group is forward-deployed in Okinawa, Japan, while the rest of the battalion is stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Washington state.
The U.S. has maintained no official military presence in Taiwan since it pulled out in 1979 following the normalization of U.S.-China relations.
Officially, U.S.-Taiwan military exchanges, which have been indirectly acknowledged in the past, are handled by the de facto U.S. embassy, the American Institute in Taiwan.
Though the U.S. switched diplomatic recognition from Taipei to Beijing, the U.S. remains Taiwan’s largest arms supplier.”
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Whose side are they on?
I'm sure that the Chinese are all impressed by the little guy in short pants at the kiddie table of international geopolitics rattling his sippy cup at them.
What border? Must be pretty wet all the time.
The Chicoms don’t have to fire a shot with these traitors in charge.
Taiwan doesn’t border China
That’s where I would deploy the Obama/Biden transgender military.
“...it is now revealed that the ‘Green Beret’ forces are permanently stationed on islands in the Taiwan Strait near the Chinese border.”
I thought there was about ninety miles ocean between China and Taiwan.
Nautically, they do.
There’s no strategic reason for US special forces to be on Jinmen, 2 miles from - its only to either send a message, or provoke a war (depending on your point of view)
Too bad it’s not nicecally...
Nully, you are perpetually on my nautical list! ;-P
“or provoke a war”
If we are at war elections must be cancelled as happened in Ukraine.
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Why ever for?
Taiwan (ROC) owns the Kinmen (Quemoy) Islands, which are located very close to mainland China’s Fujien province. Same with Matsu islands.
(I thought there was about ninety miles ocean between China and Taiwan.)
It’s 90 miles of ocean between Florida and Cuba. Are you thinking of that.
Because you are so very natutical! :)
“It’s 90 miles of ocean between Florida and Cuba. Are you thinking of that.”
from Wikipedia:
Taiwan Strait, arm of the Pacific Ocean, 100 miles (160 km) wide at its narrowest point, lying between the coast of China’s Fukien province and the island of Taiwan (Formosa).
That is what I was thinking about.
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