08-03-2022, 09:37 AM
https://apnews.com/article/taiwan-asia-beijing-nancy-pelosi-taipei-938933cfaea62b31e7577b0a2a4f7006
More at the link. Just...why? Why do we need to kick this hornets nest right now? It is the dumbest ***** thing to go "we're on the brink of WW3, already, let's just see if we can nudge China into the fray to really kick this thing off." That's what this looks like. I support self-determination for the people of Taiwan, as well as any place on earth. Move like this, though, are diplomatic asshattery. This is Trump administration levels of stupidity.
Quote:TAIPEI, Taiwan (AP) — U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, meeting leaders in Taiwan despite warnings from China, said Wednesday that she and other members of Congress in a visiting delegation are showing they will not abandon their commitment to the self-governing island.
“Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy,” she said in a short speech during a meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen. “America’s determination to preserve democracy, here in Taiwan and around the world, remains ironclad.”
China, which claims Taiwan as its territory and opposes any engagement by Taiwanese officials with foreign governments, announced multiple military exercises around the island, parts of which will enter Taiwanese waters, and issued a series of harsh statements after the delegation touched down Tuesday night in the Taiwanese capital, Taipei.
Taiwan decried the planned actions.
“Such an act equals to sealing off Taiwan by air and sea, such an act covers our country’s territory and territorial waters, and severely violates our country’s territorial sovereignty,” Capt. Jian-chang Yu said at a briefing by the National Defense Ministry.
More at the link. Just...why? Why do we need to kick this hornets nest right now? It is the dumbest ***** thing to go "we're on the brink of WW3, already, let's just see if we can nudge China into the fray to really kick this thing off." That's what this looks like. I support self-determination for the people of Taiwan, as well as any place on earth. Move like this, though, are diplomatic asshattery. This is Trump administration levels of stupidity.
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"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
