America - prodding the bees nest

[Muttley]

All true but XI did say that

Of course he did, I didn't say otherwise. My point is that it is very unlikely that China would attempt a military solution. Yep lob a few missiles into the sea and perhaps buzz the Taiwanese air defences. But the shortest distance between the Chinese mainland and a beach on Taiwan is 100km. Compare that with WW2 Operation Overlord. Shortest distance of what 35km? To achieve success the Allies had to achieve air supremacy, eliminate the possibility of naval intervention and assemble a huge fleet with hundreds of specially constructed landing craft. As Russia demonstrated with their attempted "coup de main" on Kyiv if you do not have the means to quickly support any rapidly deployed airborne troops (assuming they manage to land) you are going to lose them. There is no easy military solution. Perhaps a Chinese blockade of Taiwan trying to force the US into a maritime conflict that the Chinese couldn't win? Sorry I cannot see a way in which the Chinese could hope to achieve re-unification militarily. A Taiwanese fisherman was interviewed by the BBC as he tied up his boat on advice from the Taiwanese Coast Guard...

people the BBC spoke to do not believe China is about to attack Taiwan. "They're a bunch of gangsters," says one man fishing on the dockside.
"Those communists talk big, but they won't do anything. We've been living with their threats for 70 years."

 

[Centralscrutinizer]

I reckon China will play the long game and try and "peacefully" coerce Taiwan into unifying with them.

 

[ForssAwakens]

China last year says this…


"The historical task of the complete reunification of the motherland must be fulfilled, and will definitely be fulfilled”

China's Xi vows 'reunification' with Taiwan - BBC News

Taiwan dismisses the Chinese leader's remarks, saying its future lies in the hands of its people.

www.bbc.com

And yet you blame the US ?

There’s a reason China is so quiet and passive on Russia war in Ukraine.

Btw the Biden White House did not sanction the pelosi trip.

Your great at putting words in people mouth aren’t you?

 

[Jedi boro]

Your great at putting words in people mouth aren’t you?

Not really you said the pelosi visit ( not officially sanctioned by the Biden administration) was ramping up tensions in the area.

I’m just highlighting that tensions were already running high and pelosi visit didn’t create the issue (as XI statements show) and her visit had nothing to do with Biden who I would imagine would have preferred her to not to be in Taiwan.

China is the aggressor in the region.

 

[Randy]

Not really you said the pelosi visit ( not officially sanctioned by the Biden administration) was ramping up tensions in the area.

I’m just highlighting that tensions were already running high and pelosi visit didn’t create the issue (as XI statements show) and her visit had nothing to do with Biden who I would imagine would have preferred her to not to be in Taiwan.

China is the aggressor in the region.

Wouldn't Biden have had a say in her armed security detail who accompanied her on the trip? Say the worst did happen and her plane was shot down by Chinese aggression, the buck would stop with him would it not?

 

[ForssAwakens]

Not really you said the pelosi visit ( not officially sanctioned by the Biden administration) was ramping up tensions in the area.

I’m just highlighting that tensions were already running high and pelosi visit didn’t create the issue (as XI statements show) and her visit had nothing to do with Biden who I would imagine would have preferred her to not to be in Taiwan.

China is the aggressor in the region.

I haven’t disagreed with any of your 2nd paragraph.

If you call a bully a name, it’s pretty certain to retaliate. The bully is still the aggressor but you have antagonised it.

You take a look at a pretty generic post and made a shed load of assumptions of what I was thinking instead of seeking clarity of what I actually think

 

[Jedi boro]

Wouldn't Biden have had a say in her armed security detail who accompanied her on the trip? Say the worst did happen and her plane was shot down by Chinese aggression, the buck would stop with him would it not?

No as speaker she has her own office as unlike in the UK the speaker in the US is a senior position in the us system and is in the chain of command.

President
Vice President
Speaker of the House.

From how quickly the Biden administration distanced themselves it appears to be a Nancy vanity project.

 

[Jedi boro]

I haven’t disagreed with any of your 2nd paragraph.

If you call a bully a name, it’s pretty certain to retaliate. The bully is still the aggressor but you have antagonised it.

You take a look at a pretty generic post and made a shed load of assumptions of what I was thinking instead of seeking clarity of what I actually think

I agree it certainly hasn’t helped.

I wasn’t referring to you in my OP more a general observation.

No offence meant

 

[ForssAwakens]

I agree it certainly hasn’t helped.

I wasn’t referring to you in my OP more a general observation.

No offence meant

No offence taken

 

[buffaloboro]

Wouldn't Biden have had a say in her armed security detail who accompanied her on the trip? Say the worst did happen and her plane was shot down by Chinese aggression, the buck would stop with him would it not?

Doubt they would let anyone of her level go without full protection. Biden has , as Jedi, said , tried to limit the damage from this visit.