Well, that escalated quickly.
Seriously – a couple years ago, Donald Trump was the president, and the whole discussion about China was around trade. Now they’re just openly threatening China with war?
What is the purpose of this?
RT:
US Congress would authorize a direct military confrontation with China if Beijing launched an attack against Taiwan, House Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman Michael McCaul told Fox News on Friday evening. The Texas Republican representative was talking from Taipei during a three- day bipartisan delegation visit to the self-governing island.
American lawmakers would consent to putting boots on the ground if people in the US support the measure, McCaul said, without elaborating on how exactly such support would be measured. “If communist China invaded Taiwan, it would certainly be on the table and something that would be discussed by Congress and with the American people,” he said, adding that “if the American people support this, the Congress will follow.”
Yeah, because discussing things with the American people is something that happens in America.
I’m being sarcastic, by the way. That does not happen, ever. The government does whatever it wants and people just have to take it.
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