CHINA GOT A GOOD DEAL FOR THEIR BRIBES
Posted on 01/17/2024 7:51:54 AM PST by MtnClimber
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In the Red Sea, vessels that want to avoid Iranian-backed Houthi attacks now flag themselves as “All Chinese”. China expects its future grain exports from Ukraine to come through Russia. And it intends to take over Taiwan in one way or another. How soon it will act is up to Biden.
Biden has shown weakness and he has betrayed American allies while failing to stand up to our enemies. That’s why our foes are emboldened and our allies are fighting for their lives.
And after every disaster, Biden continues doubling down on the same disastrous policies.
This isn’t incompetence: it’s treason.
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“Biden’s Taiwan Betrayal - It’s not incompetence; it’s treason.”
What would you expect from Beijing Benedict Osama bin Biden?
"We do not support independence" (for Taiwan) is not treason by any definition. In fact, calling it treason is nothing more than globalist bullsh!t. You can't be guilty of treason in matters involving places or countries that aren't the United States.
And Biden's statement actually reflects what has been the offical policy of the U.S. government towards China and Taiwan dating back at least six decades.
Never a disappointment...but what a mess. Taiwan pays for weapons that Ukraine gets! Only by DC logic, does that make any sense?
Thanks!
Taiwan almost certainly has nuclear weapons.
Vietnamese and Afghans know much about American governmental perfidy.
I spent some time doing a lot of reading about the period 1945-1949 and then into the 50’s.
Japanese troops were in China. Chiang Kai Shek was the leader of China at that time and fought them. Japan had some of the major cities along the coast and the local police force continued to do their jobs about local crime.
Make no mistake here. Chiang was as corrupt as they come. Worse than whatever average you imagine. The US shipped aid to him and he skimmed, and bought gold and stored it in the national treasury.
Japan was defeated. Chiang was triumphant. But during the war he was also fighting Mao Zedong, who had the gall to actually have the support of the Chinese people. Communist or not, he had their support — and generally informed the Soviets they were not welcome and to be gone.
As Japan departed, Chiang came into the cities and executed all of the police leadership who had been keeping the lights on — for Japanese collaboration. Then just 4 yrs after triumph vs Japan, he managed to get kicked out of his own country — by Mao Zedong.
He and whatever troops (and family) he could gather fled for Taiwan. Taiwan had a Japanese culture. China had ceded Taiwan to Japan about 50 years before. They were never Chinese.
Oh, and btw, he also took the Chinese nation’s Treasury of gold with him.
Chiang arrived and he and his troops massacred the local leadership and populace in general. They took ownership of prime land and control of the government. They arranged for their children to maintain that control of the government for another 40-50 years. His wife had been raised in the US. He sent her, and big chunks of gold, to the US to buy some land for an estate and start bribing Congress. The bribes were effective. The US govt refused to recognize that Mao actually controlled China and called Chiang and his tiny population on Taiwan “Nationalist China”. It was that absurd.
So do not think Taiwan is some entity being abused and unjustly coveted. Chiang decided Taiwan was Chinese and eventually the world recognized mainland China as actually China.
Also consider what happens if China bombs and destroys the semiconductor industry on Taiwan and doesn’t bother to invade. Just bomb it and destroy it and nothing else. No, don’t fall for propaganda and think mainland China can’t have their own semiconductor foundries. They already do. But if Taiwan has none, very soon no one would care about them. They would eventually ask to join with the mainland.
I believe that all major countries and the EU should be broken up.
The US needs to split off places like LA, NYC, SF, Chicago, Denver, Atlanta and other leftish strongholds into independent, demilitarized city states.
Well you’re right its not treason but it is betrayal. The US has pretty much supported Taiwanese independence for my lifetime.
But before we get into the handwringing lets reflect on the fact that China can’t even win a border skirmish with India. Taking Taiwan back by force is not going to be a cakewalk.
BTTT
Back in the day, when the US dumped Formosa/ROC for the PRC, we gave up recognition of them as a nation.
It’s always been a screwy set up.
Saying we don’t seek an “independent Taiwan (ROC)” is not a change of policy. It is a restatement of the policy that has been in place since Nixon/Ford days.
All of this saber rattling on Taiwan is a red herring. China isn’t invading them. At least not any time soon. Taiwan is about ready to tip over from all of the missiles that we’ve put there.
China is making noise there, while they pick our pocket in Africa and Central Asia.
Both are at work, but the right path on this would be hard for any US president to find.
“Biden’s Taiwan Betrayal - It’s not incompetence; it’s treason.”
He does it everyday to America so Taiwan should not expect any better.
“Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort.”
The legitimate government of China, overthrown by the CCP, is still in power in Taiwan. Reunification means something very different when mainland China is reunified with The Government of the Republic of China, a democracy.
No, it hasn't. The U.S. has supported a "one China" policy for decades.
The issue is whether the "one China" is Red China absorbing Taiwan, or Red China adopting a governing model based on Western-friendly Taiwan.
China is now much better off for its late 1940s divorce.
The Chinese Nationalists were forced to clean up their act on Taiwan.
The Chinese Communists were partially forced to clean up their act by the success of the Chinese Nationalists on Taiwan.
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