Posted on 05/03/2024 6:44:05 PM PDT by dynachrome
China and Russia are working on a joint invasion of Taiwan, US intelligence officials fear.
'We see China and Russia, for the first time, exercising together in relation to Taiwan and recognising that this is a place where China definitely wants Russia to be working with them, and we see no reason why they wouldn't,' Avril Haines, Director of US National Intelligence, told the US Congress on Thursday.
Her warning on the potential cooperation between the countries on Taiwan, which China has long claimed as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary, was echoed by Lieutenant General Jeffrey Kruse.
He said that the US Defence Department has 'become even more concerned about our joint force requirements in an environment where [Russia and China] would certainly be cooperative, and we need to take that into account,' Bloomberg reports.
A potential joint invasion of Taiwan was raised in the meeting of the Senate Armed Services Committee by Republican Senator Mike Rounds, who asked the head of the Defence Intelligence Agency about the Pentagon's plans should an invasion happen.
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In the present context, having ships does not necessarily imply a naval capability capable of existing after an encounter with other navies.
that was my point.
China could trick them into a first strike, resulting in the Pacific fleet being wiped out in the response. Thus, allowing China to take the Russian Far East easily.
The Pacific fleet is all that stands guard on the Port of Vladivostok; Russia’s land forces having been destroyed in Ukraine. China has already replaced Russian names with the original Chinese ones on their maps.
Its a 4 for 1:
1 China gets the Russian Far East;
2 Makes Taiwan politically worthless to defend with the destruction of the TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) fabs;
3 Ends Western access to high end chips, especially AI chips;
4 Leaves China all the high end chip manufacturing market.
China is 30% of the worlds manufacturing base.
195 countries, with 1/7 the world’s population this one alone is 30%.
Impressive.
They passed us years ago in industrial and manufacturing output. Likewise, their GDP is set to pass us by 2030 and considering cost of living, in terms of PPP they are already with us.
***What is scary is their true defense spending:
https://www.aei.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/China-Military-Budget-Graphic.png?x85095***
They only have one true threat in mind as they pour all these resources into their war machine.
Meanwhile, our policy makers, whores to oligarchs and corporate America, addicted to the money and media these folks own, want to see, hear and speak no evil. Corporate America and our oligarchs want the status quo. Their corporations manufacture there and it is one of the main places they export to. Besides, China holds onto a large amount of US securities and has itself a large influence on DC.
It was all fun and games, but now we’re talking about losing an eye.
Will our policy makers really try to “stay the course?”
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