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| Biden: US would intervene militarily if China invades Taiwan |
| 2022-05-23 |
| TOKYO (AP) — President Joe Biden said Monday that the U.S. would intervene militarily if China were to invade Taiwan, in one of the most forceful and overt statements in support of Taiwan in decades. Biden said the burden to protect the self-ruled island was "even stronger" after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Speaking at a news conference in Tokyo, Biden said, "That’s the commitment we made." He said an effort by China to use force against Taiwan would "just not be appropriate," saying it "will dislocate the entire region and be another action similar to what happened in Ukraine." Under the "One China" policy, the U.S. recognizes Beijing as the government of China and doesn’t have diplomatic relations with Taiwan. However, it maintains unofficial contacts with Taiwan, including a de facto embassy in Taipei, the capital. The U.S. also supplies military equipment for the island’s defense. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #11 Kayleigh McEnany on White House clarifying Biden's China-Taiwan remarks: 'These gaffes are alarming' |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-05-23 16:50 |
| #10 Wow AP; a fellow could catch a STD reading something like that. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-05-23 16:11 |
| #9 "You may not be interested in war, but war is interested in you" - Leon Trotsky Just remember all the crap of the last twenty years, unlike other places Taiwan is a long established democracy. Probably far more of a democracy than we are. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-23 15:25 |
| #8 Not that simple NN2N1. 100 miles of a very rough strait. The Chinese would need nearly all of their 2 million man army to fully conquer Taiwan. They only have the transport capability to put 30,000 on the island. That is just men, no tanks, APCs, supplies, SAMs, etc. So with everything they need they can only dump maybe a mechanized battalion per trip. Not to mention that the buildup would be noticed 60 days before the invasion, Taiwan would call its reserves, more weapons would be sent, the few beaches that can be landed on would be fortified to hell and back and the ports mined. Not to mention the invasion has to happen in April or October. Only really times that the weather and sea is guaranteed to be cooperative. I think China uses Taiwan as a quick way to boost popularity, but would only seriously consider an invasion if they had no other choice to keep face, aka the US recognize Taiwan as independent and put soldiers on it. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-05-23 12:27 |
| #7 I am so confused. PBS - Taiwan left out of Biden’s new Indo-Pacific pact |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-05-23 12:26 |
| #6 #4, I saw that on the TV at the gym this morning. Maybe they should just hire Emily Litella as the press secretary. |
| Posted by: Tom 2022-05-23 12:21 |
| #5 In response we will invade Kiska and Attu. |
| Posted by: Super Hose 2022-05-23 10:52 |
| #4 They've already gone 'never mind' on this. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2022-05-23 09:49 |
| #3 Intervene militarily? Yeah, but on which side? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-05-23 08:47 |
| #2 ...this is for you. In the end when dealing with certain people, you can run, but you can not hide. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-05-23 07:49 |
| #1 How will he fight the Communist China with 3,134,000+ soldiers and is less than 100 miles away from their goal target. Vs. US 1,832,000 8,000 miles away? Logistically right now the Biden Coup/LSD's has overspent the USA by $34 Trillion. The LSD's can't even feed its own population, let alone fight WW-III? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-05-23 07:21 |
