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China’s still throwing a tantrum, launching missiles toward Taiwan, pulling out of ongoing diplomatic talks with the U.S. …& what does Joe and some of his weak-scared swamp dwellers do…?
They added language to the new Taiwan Assistance Bill…language that establishes Taiwan as a “Non-NATO” ally and is reported to have language that prevents us from supporting Taiwan if they attempt to join NATO. In other words, he’s pulling back from meaningful support for Taiwan. New language that intentionally WEAKENS our support for Taiwan.
Joe Biden. Wrecking Bicycles, Economies and Allies.
*The current political argument is based on the overt “Non-NATO” language in the bill that seems to have intent.
They added language to the new Taiwan Assistance Bill…language that establishes Taiwan as a “Non-NATO” ally and is reported to have language that prevents us from supporting Taiwan if they attempt to join NATO. In other words, he’s pulling back from meaningful support for Taiwan. New language that intentionally WEAKENS our support for Taiwan.
Joe Biden. Wrecking Bicycles, Economies and Allies.
*The current political argument is based on the overt “Non-NATO” language in the bill that seems to have intent.
But the BDS around here sometimes is same-level. Or more.
Partisanship will be the end of your country. Somebody should make a thread about that.
The Shop
Here, I’ll explain the obvious for you…
We’ve surrendered AFG to the terrorists and we’ve got a Brand New War under our current President.
And, then there’s the aforementioned Taiwan debacle that’s happening under Biden’s watch, also.
Besides, around here, the continued sniveling about a guy that IS NOT our President has given cause for an obvious and necessary reclassification for the affliction known as TDS…
It will now be called “Long Trump Derangement Syndrome”. Kinda like Long COVID; but, it’s more of a “Mental Virus” that never goes away.
At the end of the day there are very few politicians who give a shit about the people. I can think of 2 that actually seem to be passionate about the job they're doing and actually give a shit about standing up for their constituents instead of lining their pockets.
And BTW, he doesn’t give two shits about any of us. He is as racist as they come and as dishonest as anyone whose been in that office
This is not based along party lines, this is based on what he is and how he got there. I endured 8 years of Obama and never said a bad word about him, same with Clinton and Carter.
Are you talking about America or China?
I don't know, I just can't think of it right now, if I go through the alphabet I'm sure I'll get there.
TM
“Canadian vs Canadian in aisle 4. They are cooperating as they sweep and mop.”
That was pretty funny, eh.
Pit Row
Beijing Simulates Attack on Taiwan as Chinese Exercises Extend Into Third Day
A large number of Chinese aircraft and ships crossed the midway mark of the Taiwan Strait that separates the Chinese mainland from Taiwan’s main island.
A large number of Chinese military aircraft and ships crossed the halfway mark of the Taiwan Strait on Saturday, in a simulated land strike on the self-governing island that Beijing claims as its own.
The maneuvers came on the third day of a promised four-day series of military drills by China’s military, the People’s Liberation Army, following U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit to Taipei earlier this week .
Defense analysts said Saturday’s exercises build on China’s rehearsals in recent days to stage a potential attack on Taiwan, demonstrating and honing Beijing’s ability to impose an effective air and sea blockade that would precede an amphibious landing.
The Communist Party’s flagship newspaper, People’s Daily, described the maneuvers as “simulated land strikes,” while Taiwan’s Defense Ministry said its military issued warnings from its defense radar system and deployed air reconnaissance patrols, naval ships and land-based missiles in response to what it also described as a simulated attack on the island. It said it detected 14 ships and 20 planes, 14 of which crossed the halfway mark of the Taiwan Strait.
The drills will help the PLA to gain more practical experience in the event of a real attack on Taiwan, said Su Tzu-yun, a Taipei-based security expert with the Institute for National Defense and Security Research, which is backed by Taiwan’s military. But Mr. Su also said that the enlarged scope of exercises would strengthen the West’s vigilance toward China.
In recent days, the PLA has increased the frequency with which its vessels and aircraft cross the so-called median line, a notional boundary that sits halfway between the Chinese mainland and Taiwan’s main island. Beijing doesn’t acknowledge the existence of the line.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, speaking in the Cambodian capital of Phnom Penh on Saturday, where he met with regional counterparts, defended China’s actions around Taiwan as a legitimate response to the U.S.’s actions and said Beijing would “resolutely smash the Taiwan authorities’ fantasy of ‘relying on the United States to seek independence.’”
“The noose around their necks will only get tighter and tighter,” Mr. Wang said, referring to what he called pro-independence forces in Taiwan.
The maneuvers on Saturday follow a PLA simulation of a military blockade of the island on Friday that Taiwan’s Ministry of National Defense said involved 68 Chinese warplanes and 13 warships. The actions prompted more than 200 commercial vessels to leave Taiwan’s surrounding waters, including the Taiwan Strait, a major shipping route in the region.
Maj. Gen. Meng Xiangqing, a professor at National Defense University of the People’s Liberation Army, told China’s state broadcaster on Friday that the PLA sent missiles directly over Taiwan’s main island for the first time, though Taiwan’s government said the missiles’ paths were so high that they didn’t pose risks to the island.
Even so, some in Taiwan took to social media to criticize the military for not disclosing the details before such information was released by Japan. The Taiwanese military said it wanted to “protect its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance abilities.”
In the run-up to Mrs. Pelosi’s visit, high-profile Chinese commentators including Hu Xijin, former editor in chief of the state-run tabloid Global Times, had stoked nationalistic fervor and expectation for a swift and forceful response from Beijing.
Beijing had warned that Mrs. Pelosi’s trip, if carried out, would trigger unspecified countermeasures. Mrs. Pelosi had also been warned in briefings with senior White House and Pentagon officials about the lasting damage her trip could cause to U.S.-China relations, though she was never asked to skip the trip, according to a U.S. official with knowledge of the discussions.
Many on Chinese social media expressed disappointment in what they considered meek countermeasures after Mrs. Pelosi’s departure, turning their ire toward Mr. Hu for misleading the public with false predictions.
In an apparent nod to public sentiment, Chinese state media has played up the displays of military might during the exercises that followed Mrs. Pelosi’s departure. On Saturday morning, the People’s Daily touted the PLA’s precision strike and blockade capabilities on China’s Twitter-like Weibo platform, adding the hashtag: “What China Says, China Will Do.”
“Interfering external forces and ‘Taiwan independence’ separatist forces will now have a deeper appreciation of what is meant by countermeasures,” the People’s Daily wrote in its post, garnering more than 200,000 likes. Similar posts during the military drills have dominated Weibo.
Separately on Saturday, Ouyang Li-hsin vice president of Taiwan’s National Chung-Shan Institute of Science and Technology, a military-backed research body that develops and manufactures defense technology, was found dead in his hotel room in southern Taiwan, the institute said. The hospital determined after a forensic examination that the 57-year-old Mr. Ouyang had died of a heart attack.
Police said there was no evidence of foul play and said it had no plans to investigate further. As part of his duties, Mr. Ouyang oversaw the production of missiles, a key element of Taiwan’s defenses against any military assault by Beijing.
On Saturday, Politico reported that PLA officials haven’t returned calls from their Pentagon counterparts, citing unnamed sources. Hawaii-based spokespeople for U.S. Indo-Pacific Command didn’t respond to requests for comment.
Bipartisan bill courtesy of Linsey Graham and Bob Menendez.
Nancy's job is to throw stones at the bee hive to see what happens.
Menendez warned China not to make the same mistake Russia made in Ukraine.
These guys want to regulate, restrict, audit, and eventually confiscate your military assault style looking rifles. On the other hand they can't stop themselves from approving sales of actual military assault weapons and actual weapons of mass destruction all over the planet with little if any oversight. And if a country can't afford to go to war they will put it on the taxpayer tab. Because you can't put a price on freedom, peace, and stability.
The state department used to employee serious diplomats. Now they have become the sales team for the weapons industry.
Maybe I'm confused or to cynical about the ways of foreign policy. But from Kosovo to preemptive strike on Bagdad, to the retreat in Afghanistan that ended with dead soldiers and a final hellfire drone strike on an innocent man and his children. I've watched 20 years of death, destruction and instability and nothing to show but trillions in debt.
I can't come to any other conclusion other than these people, weather by ignorance, greed, or intention, are he'll bent on destroying everything they touch.
At the moment, as much as the American mega rich want to influence any global outcome to their financial advantage...there still remains an influential core of folks that believe the country exists for the "people"...not corporations or individuals. Unnamed, unacknowledged, but the national savior's. Sounds like a movie... but it's as real as the nose on your face.
It's way past time to stop hatin' fellow Americans...no matter the color, race, religion, sexual preference....whatever. Stop pulling from different directions. We can be that beacon...that shining light for the world. IF we accept our differences and march together. Our future is as glorious or as miserable as we make it.
(I say all this truly believing we have already passed the tipping point into the history books as another failed nation but if humanity survives...this post is proof that not EVERYONE cared more about selfish interests than humanity).
Some people around here getting dangerously close to being just like EID with their diatribes.
Not directed at you Plow.
Whether biden is an idiot or not, whether China is just talking tough, I feel like deju vue, and arch duke Ferdinand is driving around looking for a sandwhich while we are one unexpected act of stupidity away from the sanity train running off the rails
I look at 20 years of war for no benefit other than profits, financial theft and destruction of our currency and no accountability for those responsible including congress who's oversight it is and is as responsible as anyone. And there solution has been to put us in debt another 20 trillion. The current solution of the day is the inflation reduction act that will spend 100s of billions we don't have while raising taxes as we head into recession that may turn into something worse than anyone imagines. This is like saying the solution to my 100 thousand dollar credit card balance is to increase to I crease my limit another 100k to cover it.
And the pandemic, that needs another thread but , you know the thing.
I don't believe Americans hate each other. And the charge we are a hopelessly racist country is a lie that is designed to divide our country. I've been around long enough to know these things are not true. " Americans are divided" I never heard that until about 15 years ago and it came from the media and politicians and the noisy people online.
The constitution was written to layout how the government would run. The bill of rights layed out the limit of federal govt. The powers granted to the federal government by the states and the people. Somehow that's been turned on its head and the state and the people have been complacent and allowed the federal govt to take away our civil liberties, our rights and our money . And they have us arguing over which one of them is more corrupt or incompetent than the other.
I agree with you people one on one and in their communities is really important and I think the only chance we have to maybe make change. Maybe from local govts to the top of state govts we could make change. If we could get the states to tack back their sovereignty and tax money that the fed govt doles back with conditions.
Maybe then we have a chance.
It wasn't based on pro life or pro choice. They simply decided it wasn't a constitutional issue, and because of that it was a state issue.
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