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China launches "military drills," sending planes and ships to encircle Taiwan
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Posted on 10/13/2024 3:58:35 PM PDT by janetjanet998

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To: delta7
The world has changed, both China and Russia have advanced exponentially. Just one look around shows me how far the US has fallen.

Russia is not doing very well in Ukraine.

China?

Our intelligence agencies have been giving us bad intel. The only thing they're interested is "feeding the beast" which is the MIC. So they made Russia and China appear to be like superpowers. Which is not the case.

The MIC is interested in a war that'll last for 10 years. Vietnam. Afghanistan. Great wars.

41 posted on 10/13/2024 5:42:39 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: packagingguy

If I was Xi I woulda done it much earlier. The Dems dont want this war...unless they think that they can suspend the election over it? Everyone and I mean everyone knows that Trump is the leader to be in command in the U
SA if shtf in Taiwan/China. Right now the USA has no president. Is the acronym PINO trending by now?


42 posted on 10/13/2024 5:56:03 PM PDT by know.your.why
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To: pfflier

It’s called RealPolitik 21st century style.


43 posted on 10/13/2024 6:11:50 PM PDT by nwrep
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To: janetjanet998
From an English language Taiwanese source:

https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/news/5951263

TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — The Ministry of National Defense (MND) tracked 11 Chinese military aircraft, eight naval vessels, and one official ship around Taiwan between 6 a.m. on Saturday (Oct. 12) and 6 a.m. on Sunday.

Of the 11 People’s Liberation Army (PLA) aircraft, nine crossed the Taiwan Strait median line in the nation’s northern, southwestern, and eastern air defense identification zone (ADIZ), according to the MND.

In response, Taiwan sent aircraft and naval ships and deployed coastal-based missile systems to monitor PLA activity.

So far this month China has sent 150 military aircraft and 74 ships around Taiwan. Since September 2020, China has increased its use of gray zone tactics by incrementally increasing the number of military aircraft and naval vessels operating around Taiwan.

Gray zone tactics are defined as “an effort or series of efforts beyond steady-state deterrence and assurance that attempts to achieve one’s security objectives without resort to direct and sizable use of force.”

44 posted on 10/13/2024 6:18:10 PM PDT by Pete from Shawnee Mission ( )
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To: janetjanet998

Philippines panicked and hoarding food.


45 posted on 10/13/2024 6:24:14 PM PDT by FlyingEagle
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To: know.your.why
The Dems dont want this war...unless they think that they can suspend the election over it? ****** That’s my big concern! China invading Taiwan, and/or North Korea starting something with South Korea, and Biden suspending the election.

Short of killing Trump, it’s the only way they will keep him out of the White House.

46 posted on 10/13/2024 6:41:27 PM PDT by telescope115 (I NEED MY SPACE!!! 🔭)
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To: janetjanet998

Could a third party provide independent manpads, A2A weapons to light them up one day. I’m sure we have a ton from Libya. Just have some fun.


47 posted on 10/13/2024 7:11:45 PM PDT by wgmalabama (Screw Ukraine, screw Russia, screw the west. The only thing that matters is money at this point. )
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To: janetjanet998
If American chooses Kamala...


48 posted on 10/13/2024 8:46:36 PM PDT by montag813
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To: pfflier

God willing...


49 posted on 10/13/2024 8:47:13 PM PDT by Sarcazmo (I live by the Golden Rule. As applied by others; I'm not selfish.)
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To: janetjanet998

Preparing for a Heels Up presidency?


50 posted on 10/13/2024 9:58:04 PM PDT by vpintheak (Sometimes you’re the windshield, sometimes you’re the bug. )
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To: know.your.why

Here is one: https://www.france24.com/en/asia-pacific/20241014-china-taiwan


51 posted on 10/13/2024 10:20:56 PM PDT by PghBaldy (12/14/12 - 930am -rampage begins... 12/15/12 - 1030am - Obama team scouts photo-op locations.)
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To: janetjanet998

[China launches “military drills,” sending planes and ships to encircle Taiwan — AFP]

Well, they need to get it done before January 20, 2025 because there will be a new President that actually has a spine, so...they’re warming up...


52 posted on 10/13/2024 10:57:44 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: Sarah Barracuda

[Phew good thing we have a diaper wearing demented fool and a cackling retard at the helm otherwise we’d all be in deep doo doo]

Exactly


53 posted on 10/13/2024 10:59:37 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: janetjanet998

WW III could well be over before November 5.


54 posted on 10/14/2024 3:08:42 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (Every Goliath has his David. Child in need of a CGM system. https://gofund.me/6452dbf1. )
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To: janetjanet998
(When it rains It pours

North Korea has ordered Eight Artillery Brigades along the Border with South Korea to Full-Combat Readiness, with them told to move to Standby Fire Positions. This comes after the North Korean Government claimed that South Korean Drones recently dropped Leaflets over Pyongyang.)



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55 posted on 10/14/2024 3:20:07 AM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: janetjanet998

Paid for by the Americans consumer, thanks to the free traitors.


56 posted on 10/14/2024 3:39:40 AM PDT by TwelveOfTwenty (Will whoever keeps asking if this country can get any more insane please stop?)
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To: CapnJack

Yup!

They are surrounded all right!!!

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57 posted on 10/14/2024 4:12:27 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: BroJoeK; x; Pelham; jeffersondem; PeaRidge; jmacusa
China launches "military drills," sending planes and ships to encircle Taiwan

Hey BroJoeK! Does this sound like China is trying to provoke a war with Taiwan?

:)

58 posted on 10/14/2024 7:51:49 AM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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To: DiogenesLamp

Yeah. Kinda like when the South opened fire on Ft. Sumter.


59 posted on 10/14/2024 11:24:51 AM PDT by jmacusa (Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots.)
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Yeah. Kinda like when the South opened fire on Ft. Sumter.

So you are saying Taiwan is going to be the aggressor here?

60 posted on 10/14/2024 12:18:29 PM PDT by DiogenesLamp ("of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty.")
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