This sounds exactly like something out of the State Dept playbook from an era when the U.S. military had the actual strength to back it up. However, against the current state of affairs, specifically the U.S. control over the western NATO alliance, sending additional troops to Taiwan just because the U.S. is upset about China and Russia’s relationship, is simply poking the Beijing dragon.
There are approximately 30 U.S. troops in Taiwan on a regular rotating basis. Nothing large or significant. However, immediately after China and Russia announce there is no distance or limit in their relationship, according to the Wall Street Journal, the Biden administration is sending an additional 200 U.S. military troops into Taiwan.
(Via Wall Street Journal) – […] The number of American troops, which has included special-operations forces and U.S. Marines, has fluctuated by a handful during the past few years, according to Defense Department data. The planned increase would be the largest deployment of forces in decades by the U.S. on Taiwan, as the two draw closer to counter China’s growing military power.
[…] The expanded training, both in the U.S. and in Taiwan, is part of a gathering U.S. push to help a close partner prepare to thwart a possible invasion by China. The U.S. officials said the expansion was planned for months, well before U.S.-China relations plummeted anew this month after a suspected Chinese spy balloon traversed North America for more than a week before being shot down by the Air Force.
With a decades-old military buildup gaining momentum, China’s People’s Liberation Army is increasingly engaging in aggressive maneuvers, sending planes and ships near Taiwan. Following Russia’s full-on invasion of Ukraine last year, the Pentagon has redoubled efforts to get Taiwan to adopt what some military specialists call a “porcupine” strategy, focusing on tactics and weapons systems that would make the island harder to assault.
The additional troops will be tasked with training Taiwan forces not only on U.S. weapons systems but on military maneuvers to protect against a potential Chinese offensive, the U.S. officials said. The officials declined to provide other details about the deployment, which hasn’t been previously reported. (read more)
This is not going to change the dynamic of Russia and China in alignment against western NATO policy, but it will likely make Beijing even more determined against U.S. interests.
Yesterday: “Earlier Wednesday, Wang held talks with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov. “Our ties have continued to develop dynamically, and despite high turbulence in the global arena, we have shown the readiness to speak in defense of each other’s interests,” Lavrov said. Wang responded in kind, underlining Beijing’s focus on deepening ties with Russia — a relationship it has said has “no limits.” (read more)
Why is it whenever there are Democrats in the White House there is always conflict in the world?
Jesus, save us!
Not really true. Reagan and both Bushes were involved in wars with the Middle East. Of course Clinton and Obama had their share of messy military conflicts. President Trump was the first president in decades to draw down international tensions and promote peace between nations.
Easy answer, Uniparty neocons. Keep supporting them. You will end up a crispy critter.
The suicide cult is a determined bunch.
And that’s what we’re dealing with: a suicide cult.
The suicide cult does not obey party lines.
And the beat goes on….
DemocRats love war as much as they love tyranny and corruption.
It’s a Government Party thing. The Republican wing is more than happy to collect their bribes to hawk war in Ukraine. It’s not like they or their kids are going to fight it.
A lot of us still have kids or friends with kids in the military. I haven’t told my son to get out yet, because we need good people to pick up the pieces after the traitors are hanged. But the writing is on the wall that the Suicide Death Cult, also known as the Democrat Party and the D.C. Warmonger Establishment, is determined to go to war and will do so even if the public opposes it by 80%. They’ll just lie and say we all are flying Ukrainian flags while making it illegal not to fly one.
I sure hope you are right about the traitors – no sign of it yet tho.
Painful though it is to admit, Taiwan will fall or somehow be absorbed into the mainland nation. All sensitive industries and personnel better have an exit already in the works and a total destruction plan for whatever they can’t move. US and world dependence on their chip manufacturing should’ve prompted industry repatriation to USA a long time ago.
Bingo! You nailed it.
Be careful of what you hear and accept. We are always presented that the people are being persecuted and need us to save them. Then we bomb the heck out of them and invade, destroying their country and leaving hundreds of thousands of them dead or wounded. Then they hate us. From what I understand, it is give or take about 50/50 as to Taiwanese who want to reunite and those who do not. If we really were pursuing democracy, we would let them decide what they want and work it out with China diplomatically. China does not want the island destroyed. They want to ultimately unite.
Truth is, the neocons/neoliberals want war with China and Russia so to take down their nations so they are not a threat to our oligarchs ruling the world.
Well 200 hundred troops in reponse to Xi and Putin talks is just about as I expected. A totally feeble response to a possible truce between our two biggest gio political problems. Now he can go out and act tough as though he did something good.
What an embarrassment he is. Every phase of his domestic and foreign policies he has put forward in just two short years has brought us all kinds of problems at home and abroad. Everything that Trump warned us about Biden came true. Somehow someway this voting problem has to be fixed or we’re not coming out of this! The saddest part is what he’s done in just 2 years and he’s still got 2 more left. God help us please.
China and Russia may end up saving us all from our government. This was posted this week on the PRC’s website.
US Hegemony and Its Perils
https://www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/wjbxw/202302/t20230220_11027664.html
hah I can see the story now – “China has invaded and fully occupied Taiwan and has sequestered the 200 US special forces troops on the island and has committeed them to the local Ritz Carlton pending repatriation via Swiss authorities to the US”.
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