{"id":116520,"date":"2021-08-17T11:00:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-17T15:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=116520"},"modified":"2021-08-17T10:51:54","modified_gmt":"2021-08-17T14:51:54","slug":"taiwan-is-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=116520","title":{"rendered":"Taiwan Is Next?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I know: this is partly about China, but this BBC article has a photo included that should just make you shake your head.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-us-canada-58238497<\/a><\/p>\n

From the article, and the photo is below the following quote:\u00a0 The US suspended its evacuation from Kabul but it has now resumed.<\/p>\n

A remarkable picture from Sunday appears to show 640 Afghans packed onboard a US military cargo plane leaving Kabul for Qatar.<\/p>\n

The image, not verified by the BBC, was obtained by the US defense analysis website, Defense One.<\/p>\n

Panicked civilians had scrambled up the loading ramp, the website quoted US officials as saying, but the crew decided it was best to take off rather than force the Afghans off. \u00a0– article<\/p>\n

And Prezzy Biteme is defending the mess he has created.\u00a0 Geezo Pete, it’s like listening to Nixon make excuses all over again.<\/p>\n

Meantime, China is viewing this as a forerunner to their stated intent to seize Taiwan \u2013 and just what are WE (the USA) gonna do about it???? The Chinese government is ramping up its presence in the area around Taiwan, exactly as they’ve made a deal with Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers a few weeks ago. And they have no intention of backing down.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-says-military-drills-near-taiwan-were-response-provocations-2021-08-17\/<\/a><\/p>\n

From the article:\u00a0 BEIJING\/TAIPEI, Aug 17 (Reuters) – China carried out assault drills near Taiwan on Tuesday, with warships and fighter jets exercising off the southwest and southeast of the island in what the country’s armed forces said was a response to “external interference” and “provocations”.<\/p>\n

Taiwan, which Beijing claims as Chinese territory, has complained of repeated People’s Liberation Army (PLA) drills in its vicinity in the past two years or so, part of a pressure campaign to force the island to accept China’s sovereignty. \u2013 article<\/p>\n

Here is a summary of China\u2019s view of the US-Taiwan relationship, with Taiwan\u2019s view thrown into.<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=o0TXMbFPxxQ<\/a><\/p>\n

For once, I can truly say, with no fear of disagreement from anyone with a working brain cell, that I am glad I did not vote for that idiot.\u00a0 Maybe we should give some thought to bringing our manufacturing jobs back home….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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