As it is sung in a Russian song - "Dance Russia and Cry Europe"
My thoughts as well.But Taiwan isn't Cuba, and Taiwan is part of China that even according to the signed declaration the U.S. signed agree with. So this point is moot and not applicable or subject for some grand bargaining by this administration or any future U.S. administration. The idea that a Chinese leader, let alone, Pres. Xi subjects himself and the party to have the Taiwan be used by the U.S. as if they're the defacto rulers of the wayward island must be treated as a severe insult to any and all Chinese regardless of standing. How can we negotiate something that was ours to begin with? And against a country or people with whom causing and caused us grief, from the century of humiliation to decades of taunting, insults, and outright disrespect?
The U.S. either respects and adheres to China's red line or nothing else matters period.
If the visits of several senior officials can be used as bargaining chips, it will mean that the Americans have actually won the victory, and they can brazenly create such incidents at any time to blackmail.Warships are certainly much easier to turn back without killing any of their crew.
Maybe instead of war, what Biden actually wants is his own Cuban missile crisis. Escalating in order to deescalate later and secure some concessions. God knows US needs a lot of things from China right now.
China can appear strong by turning back the ships at gunpoint, meanwhile, there will be some below the table deal, like a bailout and promise not to put export tax when US removes tariffs. Like how the USSR achieved its true objective of getting rid US missiles in Turkey by using the Cuban issue.
US can't win in Ukraine and wants to start another war? Lol, maybe they want to accelerate the waning of Western influence too. Some new form of white guilt.
CIA could MKUltra a patsy and maybe give him a "homemade" musket or something aka Abe style
I still think this is prelude to war, and not about Pelosi or Biden at all.... America has decided now is the time.... (trade war failed, covid failed, tech war failing, etc)
To be honest given that her actions are literally going to spark a war based on her extreme arrogance and belief in America superiority, may her exit from this world be as violent and painful as possible so that it can be a wonderful sight for China to behold given that she is treading the line one time too many. In fact, her end would be a tremendous blessing to the world given that none of her actions is helping the world in anyway good and for daring to insinuate that what happened in HK is a wonderful sight to behold, honestly, may the collapse for destruction of her home nation be a wonderful sight to behold for the sake of world peace. Honestly, she is a truly worthless piece of trash.I'm really struggling to understand the purpose of her trip other than to spark more tensions for an armed conflict over Taiwan. Whatever she needed to discuss could have been done over a phone call, but instead now she's started an insane game of chicken between two nuclear powers. God I fucking hate American politicians.
Eurocucks will eat both American and Chinese inflation sandwitch, with crazy gas price topping.Europe further in turmoil with likely inflation export to rest of the world. they didnot plane for unreliable French reactors and climate conditions when making energy usage predictions.
Yeah, but it worked for the USSR. If what Biden asks for is innocuous enough, its possible that China would accept.If the visits of several senior officials can be used as bargaining chips, it will mean that the Americans have actually won the victory, and they can brazenly create such incidents at any time to blackmail.
If it were me, I would never accept any offer of benefit exchange, this constant creation of new bargaining chips intended to make us give in unilaterally.
It was humiliating enough that the Americans intimidated us with warships and led to a state of division for more than 70 years.This is very successful for the United States, but it also causes Americans' path dependence.They are used to using Taiwan island to blackmail us.
The only remotely feasible way the US military could get her to Taiwan without the almost certainty of a shooting war with China is if they snuck her in on a Seawolf, probably Jimmy Carter so they can use its MMP to launch her on a ROV.
Maybe the PLAN should mobiles it’s militia to deploy some fishing boats to the east of Taiwan to see if they can catch a big fish with their fishing nets. The sight of Pelosi being dragged aboard in a fishing net would be a beautiful sight indeed!