The #Pentagon should immediately halt all decommissioning of ships and aircraft. We need everything in the next fight, which can now come at any time.
Why, @ElbridgeColby? Because the people in #Taiwan are only human. Given the lack of #American support, accommodation with #China was not an irrational response. You and I may not like that response, but what do you expect? The original sin in this situation is ours.
The #Pentagon is thinking that, if war comes, it will not occur until the latter part of this decade. #China, on the other hand, is provoking a war now.
It is unlikely, given the increasing frequency of #China’s provocations, we can avoid a major war in #EastAsia.
#China is determined to provoke a war. This happened today at #SabinaShoal in the #SouthChinaSea: https://t.co/yG88jnV4Fl.
This morning, pray.
#China’s military is unlikely to start a war by invading the main island of #Taiwan, @ElbridgeColby, but it could stumble into war in the #SouthChinaSea against the #Philippines. If war starts, I suspect it will fast spread almost everywhere in the region.
#KamalaHarris was part of an administration that, starting in #Afghanistan, precipitated the slide to disorder and war around much of the world.
At this critical moment, we pray for God’s mercy. We ask for His forgiveness and the strength to prevail.
#China is committing #genocide. #UyghurGenocide
#China’s military has great weapons, @ElbridgeColby, but, with one purge after another, it’s in disarray. Its general officers don’t mind picking on a weakling like the #Philippines, but they either will not or cannot take on #Taiwan. Absent the use of #nuclearweapons, the #Chinese military is not that fearsome.
There are many reasons why #Taiwan is not as serious as it should be about its defense, @ElbridgeColby, and a major one is that people there think we are not supporting them. Therefore, they believe they have no choice but to accommodate #China. If we get serious, they will too.
I can agree with that, @ElbridgeColby, but let’s not getting “super real” turn into defeatism. We have to understand that our enemies, such as #China and #Russia, have weaknesses, some of them debilitating.
When it comes to the defense of #Taiwan, what is the #Republican position? #China
#XiJinping talks about going to war all the time and he’s mobilizing all of society to do so. So, yes, we should be talking about war too. #China
When will #Russia counterattack? It’s beginning to look like a failed state. #Kursk #Ukraine
Well, all threatened countries have to band together. Yes, #Europe may not be able to help #Taiwan that much, but let’s not discourage unity at a critical time, @ElbridgeColby.
A 24% year-on-year decline in duty-free sales. With all the other down signals, how can #China’s economy be growing?
#China’s #renminbi will never be globally accepted while it remains non-convertible on the capital account.
#XiJinping is centralizing everything in #China. It’s a return to totalitarianism.