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Military Troops Building X4 in Taiwan
As if the billions of dollars and military build up in the new war in Ukraine against the Bear wasn't enough, U.S. Troops are being sent to Taiwan.
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Immediately on the heels of reports that the Biden administration is mulling going public with intelligence which it says shows China is poised to begin providing lethal aid to Russia (while at the same time acknowledging that no final decision has been made), the United States is set to more than quadruple its troop presence on the self-ruled island of Taiwan.
The troop surge would be done all in the name of an existent limited “training program” for Taiwanese partner forces, but sources in The Wall Street Journal cite the “rising threat from China”. Again, the timing of the two reports emerging back to back in The Wall Street Journal is interesting, suggesting a connection as the two sides clash and test red lines on a variety of intersecting security issues.
First, US intelligence officials floated a clear warning against Beijing considering sending weapons to Moscow, and in follow-up an expanded US military presence in Taiwan is revealed. Certainly China will bristle at the fresh Washington pressure coming from both angles. Tensions have also boiled over the ‘spy balloon’ shootdown saga from earlier this month.
And on Thursday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg added his voice, saying that the Western military alliance sees signs that “China is considering and may be planning to send arms to Russia.”
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Military Troops Building X4 in Taiwan
As if the billions of dollars and military build up in the new war in Ukraine against the Bear wasn't enough, U.S. Troops are being sent to Taiwan.
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Immediately on the heels of reports that the Biden administration is mulling going public with intelligence which it says shows China is poised to begin providing lethal aid to Russia (while at the same time acknowledging that no final decision has been made), the United States is set to more than quadruple its troop presence on the self-ruled island of Taiwan.
The troop surge would be done all in the name of an existent limited “training program” for Taiwanese partner forces, but sources in The Wall Street Journal cite the “rising threat from China”. Again, the timing of the two reports emerging back to back in The Wall Street Journal is interesting, suggesting a connection as the two sides clash and test red lines on a variety of intersecting security issues.
First, US intelligence officials floated a clear warning against Beijing considering sending weapons to Moscow, and in follow-up an expanded US military presence in Taiwan is revealed. Certainly China will bristle at the fresh Washington pressure coming from both angles. Tensions have also boiled over the ‘spy balloon’ shootdown saga from earlier this month.
And on Thursday NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg added his voice, saying that the Western military alliance sees signs that “China is considering and may be planning to send arms to Russia.”
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