Opinion from the Global Times about Lindsey Graham's threat to China on the Taiwan issue.
1) To throw their "sanctions from hell" at China to hopefully wreck the Chinese economy, steal Chinese assets on Western soils, and wipe out US debt with China. The sanctions from hell could also include soft blockade measures on China. They ultimately want to collapse the Chinese economy, and by extension, the Chinese government.
2) To have Taiwan fight and die on America's behalf to weaken China. They want to supply Taiwan with sufficient weapons, ammunition, money, and intelligence to hurt the PLA as much as possible. They have been wargaming, counting on a reckless amphibious invasion by the PLA where the Taiwanese can shoot at them at will, and inflict massive losses to the PLA. They assume that the PLA have some idiotic timeline to invade Taiwan because of some political agenda demanded by Xi Jinping and the "evil CCP". Basically, the Americans hope that Taiwan can defeat the PLA in the Taiwan Straits, thanks to American Wunderwaffes and intelligence. The objective is to inflict as much damage as possible to the PLA without costing any American servicemen lives.
Off course there are the other secondary bonuses the US wishes to get from a Taiwan conflict. Such as:
1) Loss of innocence for China.
2) Loss of prestige for China.
3) Being able to turn countries against China, especially the Global South nations.
4) Have China bogged down in a war, thereby disrupting its economy.
5) A big bonanza for US defense firms.
What if China ends up winning the Taiwan conflict? Well the US would just simply abandon Taiwan and make China pay the highest price possible before the inevitable reunification. There is no formal defense treaty between the island of Taiwan and the US. Its only between the ROC and the US and that expired in 1979. So there is no obligation for the US to "defend Taiwan" from mainland China. The US, for all their tough talk does not want WWIII with China or Russia. The American elites do want war with China and Russia, but they want someone else to commit to that war.
Lindsey Graham, perhaps one of the most vile of the US hawks had basically telegraphed to everyone how the US intends to play its part in a Taiwan conflict. This kinda supports my suspicion, which is that the US does not intend to fight with China directly over Taiwan. These chicken hawks want a Taiwan conflict, but not WWIII. A Taiwan conflict would give the them the excuse carry out their 2 main agendas for China which is:
1) To throw their "sanctions from hell" at China to hopefully wreck the Chinese economy, steal Chinese assets on Western soils, and wipe out US debt with China. The sanctions from hell could also include soft blockade measures on China. They ultimately want to collapse the Chinese economy, and by extension, the Chinese government.
2) To have Taiwan fight and die on America's behalf to weaken China. They want to supply Taiwan with sufficient weapons, ammunition, money, and intelligence to hurt the PLA as much as possible. They have been wargaming, counting on a reckless amphibious invasion by the PLA where the Taiwanese can shoot at them at will, and inflict massive losses to the PLA. They assume that the PLA have some idiotic timeline to invade Taiwan because of some political agenda demanded by Xi Jinping and the "evil CCP". Basically, the Americans hope that Taiwan can defeat the PLA in the Taiwan Straits, thanks to American Wunderwaffes and intelligence. The objective is to inflict as much damage as possible to the PLA without costing any American servicemen lives.
Off course there are the other secondary bonuses the US wishes to get from a Taiwan conflict. Such as:
1) Loss of innocence for China.
2) Loss of prestige for China.
3) Being able to turn countries against China, especially the Global South nations.
4) Have China bogged down in a war, thereby disrupting its economy.
5) A big bonanza for US defense firms.
What if China ends up winning the Taiwan conflict? Well the US would just simply abandon Taiwan and make China pay the highest price possible before the inevitable reunification. There is no formal defense treaty between the island of Taiwan and the US. Its only between the ROC and the US and that expired in 1979. So there is no obligation for the US to "defend Taiwan" from mainland China. The US, for all their tough talk does not want WWIII with China or Russia. The American elites do want war with China and Russia, but they want someone else to commit to that war.
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