Taiwan/U.S. Relations and War

Seems that the Taiwan Foreign Minister says that China is preparing for war in Taiwan. Looks like the U.S. may be fighting another proxy war, but this time with China. Old crow bait joe should be sending weapons to Taiwan NOW, not later like he did in Ukraine:

https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/taiwan-foreign-minister-joseph-wu-greta-van-susteren-china/2022/06/15/id/1074554/?ns_mail_uid=ed113837-94a1-4b8d-8fab-a7f206fd5031&ns_mail_job=DM342716_06162022&s=acs&dkt_nbr=010504gnu558

It is hard to be certain what China has in mind, these days, and that is the way China wants it. They want to keep us guessing.

https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/18612/china-new-way-of-war

"Chinese thinkers have clearly stated that the core operational concept of intelligentized warfare is to directly control the enemy's will. The idea is to use AI to directly control the will of the highest decision-makers, including the president, members of Congress, and combatant commanders, as well as citizens." — Colonel Koichiro Takagi, senior fellow of Training Evaluation Research and Development Command, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, War on the Rocks, April 13, 2022.

The word "directly" is, to me, a bit misleading. They control the information flow to an individual, based on information gathered from an extensive "profile" on the individual (so that they know what the individual will believe, for instance), and the controlled" information causes the person to do what they want.

TRex2 wrote:It is hard to be certain what China has in mind, these days, and that is the way China wants it. They want to keep us guessing. .

TR ... time stamp is 3:45 am Don't you sleep????

ReadyMom wrote:

TRex2 wrote:It is hard to be certain what China has in mind, these days, and that is the way China wants it. They want to keep us guessing. .

TR ... time stamp is 3:45 am     Don't you sleep????

Hey RM, I think he's one hour behind EST, he was just probably going to bed

ReadyMom wrote:

TRex2 wrote:It is hard to be certain what China has in mind, these days, and that is the way China wants it. They want to keep us guessing. .

TR ... time stamp is 3:45 am     Don't you sleep????

Just assume I am on London time, and everything will make sense.
(I used to work the early shift, and can't seem to get my internal clock to reset.)

Could China attack Taiwan sooner then we think. China has been in an uproar and has given a strong warning to the U.S. over Pelosi wanting to visit Taiwan:

https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/china-xi-jinping-taiwan/2022/07/29/id/1080894/?ns_mail_uid=ed113837-94a1-4b8d-8fab-a7f206fd5031&ns_mail_job=DM360193_07292022&s=acs&dkt_nbr=01010295pypa

Another step closer to the edge..

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-warns-pelosi-trip-marks-invasion-and-military-has-right-to-fire-on-her-plane/

I don't see where we have a choice in the matter.. If we don't send Pelosi we will look weak to the entire world.. My self I don't think she is worth going to war over but if they fire on us things will turn ugly.....

Dave58 wrote:Another step closer to the edge..

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-warns-pelosi-trip-marks-invasion-and-military-has-right-to-fire-on-her-plane/

I don't see where we have a choice in the matter.. If we don't send Pelosi we will look weak to the entire world.. My self I don't think she is worth going to war over but if they fire on us things will turn ugly.....  

Corn pop is weak, he'll order Pelosi to stand down. And yes, the U.S. will look like the bunch of fools that corn pop is turning the U.S. into.

Dave58 wrote:Another step closer to the edge..

https://freebeacon.com/national-security/china-warns-pelosi-trip-marks-invasion-and-military-has-right-to-fire-on-her-plane/

I don't see where we have a choice in the matter.. If we don't send Pelosi we will look weak to the entire world.. My self I don't think she is worth going to war over but if they fire on us things will turn ugly.....  

Here ya go Dave, China posts, "Get Ready For War!"

https://euroweeklynews.com/2022/07/29/chinas-army-posts-get-ready-for-war-message-over-us-visit-to-taiwan/

U.S. sends carrier group, USS Ronald Reagan, to the South China sea ahead of Pelosi's Taiwan visit. The showdown is a coming:

https://news.yahoo.com/us-aircraft-carrier-strike-group-125558271.html

China holds live fire drills near Taiwan Saturday, let the games begin:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-07-29/pelosi-excited-by-asia-trip-but-no-mention-of-any-taiwan-stop

Today, China performed a war simulation on Taiwan, that's according to Taiwan

https://www.newsmax.com/world/globaltalk/taiwan-china-war-simulation/2022/08/06/id/1082009/?ns_mail_uid=ed113837-94a1-4b8d-8fab-a7f206fd5031&ns_mail_job=DM363282_08062022&s=acs&dkt_nbr=0101026bge7q

China also cuts off all talks with the U.S. on military and climate:

https://www.theepochtimes.com/china-cuts-military-communications-and-climate-ties-with-us_4645683.html

Living in some dicey times now.

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China also cuts off all talks with the U.S. on military and climate:

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They are going to quit stealing our technology and hamstringing our economy with their Green Garbage!  That might make all of this worth it!

(Just seeing a silver lining.)

Seems they're predicting that China may invade Taiwan this year.

https://nypost.com/2022/10/21/china-could-invade-taiwan-later-this-year-top-navy-officer-warns/

Taiwan scrambles jets and missiles systems, tic toc:

https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan-scrambles-jets-missile-systems-detecting-11-chinese-aircraft-vessels-island

I am quite astonished there is not more coordination between Russia, China, N.Korea, and Iran (and, of course Turkey). Well, in those last two (or three) cases, I can see that they don't want to trust them, since they might spill the beans on Russia and China's plan.

North Korea into South Korea, now China sends 71 war planes and 7 war ships towards Taiwan:

https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-politics-china-7ca84c323b8ed15253c9cb5c04789805

https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/the-chinese-may-have-already-imposed

We are really close

Dave58 wrote:https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/the-chinese-may-have-already-imposed

We are really close

Yep, we're more then close, but nothing will be done by the U.S. military, as we have a coward    in the white house.

If I were in charge, military tankers would be sending in oil/gas, escorted by mine sweepers, destroyers and cruise ships, along with F-16's and let the chips fall where they may.

Dave58 wrote:https://andmagazine.substack.com/p/the-chinese-may-have-already-imposed

We are really close

This is the "we will weaken our enemy through intimidation" phase. It will work, with ease, on Biden, as he doesn't have the stomach for confrontation. The idea is to get us to bend to their will. If we bend a little, they will try to force us to bend further. The further we bend, the more they will press us.

We should send sufficient firepower to insure China would know that, even if they win, they will be seriously damaged. Tell our warships to refuse to allow US flagged ships to be boarded, even if we have to fire on Chinese ships to stop them, the Chinese would back down.

Weakness, in the face of evil, invites aggression.