you like them or not...(see link)...comments welcome...
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1UC89H4Swc
All Republicans are scum and MAGATs are inbred morons.
He has pledged us to come to the aid of Taiwan.
It’s gonna be hard to ever roll that back.
That’s a mistake.
We against Taiwan independence. Here some our politicians were and are hypocrite. But Joe at CBS made it very clear we don't support Taiwan independence. We only defend Taiwan militarily if China attack Taiwan without Taiwan declaring independence. We need to let China know we will get involved if that happened.
Told you before, you are dangerous. Your idea encouraged China's hawks. But perhaps in the end, I have gut feeling that U.S. will actually do what you want in the future, i.e. giving up Taiwan after a series of provocations which lead China to attack Taiwan. Basically it will be Ukraine all over again.
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Joe answered the host's question assuming China attack Taiwan without Taiwan declaring independence. There is nothing wrong here. You're dangerous.
intentional and it's clearly intended as a message to China signaling a shift in U.S. Policy...but WHY?...here's what catches my attention...
>Many, if not all, of us see the Russia/Ukraine conflict as a 'corollary' to the tension between China and Taiwan
>Given that authoritarian Russia has gone to war to 'get what it wants'...twice...it is reasonable to suspect that authoritarian China would do the same...note also, China's recently increased pressure on Hong Kong's democratic way of life, forcing many to emigrate out of there.
>Without the world's dominant military force (USA) getting involved there would be no way to stop China from satisfying its desire to end Taiwan's democracy
>Prior to "Crimea" and this recent military 'Operation', the world was in relative 'Order'...but now things have changed dramatically...and so must U.S. Policy...toward all authoritarian nations...China included.
The 50 year policy of trusting China to be respectful of Taiwan's democracy was working until "Things Changed"...Putin came along...Xi came along...thus the need for U.S. Policy to change with the times.
Ellipsis dots, single quotes, and double quotes outnumber the letters.
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the "words" and not simply punctuation.
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China is more likely to blockage Taiwan than invade and then just wait to see what happens
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I think it would be a strategic setback for the US to allow Taiwan to be attacked. The situation in the South China Sea would become even more fraught, and those are some of the world's busiest shipping lanes. There is also the issue of losing most of the world's chip capacity to the CCP.
Our policy for fifty years has been that we oppose Taiwanese independence.
It’s a major policy shift, and it looks to be something that the President is doing alone.
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And that's without teleprompters!
Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/president-joe-biden-taiwan-60-minutes-2022-09-18/
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After the interview, a White House official said U.S. policy on Taiwan has not changed. Officially, the U.S. maintains "strategic ambiguity" on whether American forces would defend Taiwan, but the Taiwan Relations Act obligates the U.S. to help equip Taiwan to defend itself.
That's what happened earlier this month when the State Department announced a $1.1 billion sale of military equipment to the island democracy.
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The key word there is "AMBIGUITY"...along with the "Walk Back", this administration is upping the ante on what the U.S. MIGHT DO if China takes the military approach to resolving its conundrum wrt Taiwan...should have a bit of a 'chilling effect' on their strategy for eliminating a democracy so close to home.
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because he ran against trump. He’s no miracle worker.
effectively with COVID...Putin...inflation (yes, Inflation...as caused by COVID and Putin)...while getting valuable legislation passed.
IMO Trump influenced hundreds of thousands of Americans to distrust their medical professionals and suffer serious consequences...including death...then passed no legislation at all to resolve any of the pressing problems facing the country...for four years...Biden is delivering in just two years.
distancing. Nobody could take them seriously. They eventually walked back almost all of it. No credibility.
just TWO days after the receipt of the COVID-19 genetic code from China...he used his scientific knowledge of mRNA technology to understand what Moderna's vaccine "design" entailed...knew that it was worthy of consideration...then used his position in the NIAID to clear the way at "WARP SPEED" for all the testing necessary to get approval...thus saving many, many lives...for those who were wise enough to take "The Shot".
As for Masks...at the very beginning of the pandemic there was no evidence that asymptomatic people were infected and transmitting the disease, or that the primary means of infection was 'aerosols', thus requiring masks...then we all saw runs on such things as toilet paper...many stores were 'denuded' of such items virtually overnight...given that realization...and the critical need for PPE availability to Doctors, Nurses and other Hospital staff members (if they get sick or die then NO ONE gets treated), Dr. Fauci, realizing that N95 masks were in short supply did not encourage their use, recommending instead that less effective, yet still 'mitigating' cloth and surgical masks be used...all reasonable decisions based on the goal of keeping as many people OUT of hospitals and morgues as possible.
True lockdowns are a tool for stopping 'Outbreaks' from becoming 'Epidemics' can be effective, but once a highly transmissible virus has 'broken out'...it becomes a race to make vaccines available, while mitigating its spread.a..unfortunately, some sources went overboard in their definition of "LOCKDOWN"...to the point of calling 'Mask Wearing' a lockdown...I kid you not. I'll stop here on that topic, but if you want to get into school closures or 'mandates' I'll reply.
In summary, no one takes deadly viruses more seriously than your "National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases" (NIAID) run by Dr. Anthony Fauci...you'd be a fool to trust Tucker Carlson over him when your life is on the line.
Since I read all your medical links out of intellectual honesty and curiosity and you have consistently refused to read Dr. Risch's extensively researched paper for some unknown reason...what would it take for me to get you to read it? Some sort of donation to a favorite charity?
according to their documented letter on the issue of HCQ, many hours (all of them) trying to convince him how wrong he is to promote the drug for COVID-19...they have been in constant contact with him from the beginning to this very moment...yet he - and they - have not changed their positions...why would someone like myself waste time reviewing a paper that has been officially debunked by those who know him and the science best?...but we've been over this before...guess I'd better 'bookmark' this post.
As for Dr. Fauci, he's done a phenomenal job throughout his career...even earned the highest praise from the LGBTQ community that lambasted him in the early HIV/AIDs days...
I'll ask again...if you and your family were confronted with a serious viral infection, who would you want caring for you...Dr. Fauci?...or Tucker Carlson?
The fact is (and I don't care what your educational or professional background is), you are like a little kid whose mind is made up, puts his ears in his fingers and starts humming loudly.
You are beyond ridiculous to not even contemplating reading the paper. Risch lays out a logical case why HCQ+ works and why the debunkers are wrong. I also asked you what, if all the credible observational trials showed it worked, the RCTs showing it didn't weren't parallel with the way it was supposed to be used, and not one RCT was conducted in parallel manner, would your logical conclusion be. Tellingly, on multiple occasions you refused to answer.
The fact is, as others have pointed out, you are close-minded and lack the ability to think critically and logically. So you resort to staying in your safe space of ignorance for comfort.
for a proponent of having everyone get infected with COVID-19 for the purpose of achieving "Herd Immunity" (Peter Navarro), to be advocating so strongly for a drug that would be a "miracle cure'...
Looks like Mr. Navarro might get to talk some more...in court...about all this...personally, I'm betting there has been a money angle to the scheme all along...but that's just me.
Oh, and I'll beat you to the punch...I'm not reading Dr. Risch's paper ;-).
Link: https://news.bloomberglaw.com/health-law-and-business/top-trump-officials-pushed-fda-on-covid-response-report-finds
an Infectious Disease Specialist and a Pulmonary/Critical Care Physician (ICU Doc) in my extended family...they told me that "Hydroxychloroquine is totally debunked. Not helpful and literally a joke in the ID community."...I know these people well...I trust them...I don't trust Dr. Risch.
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pandemic...nothing wrong with retiring after an exemplary career in medicine and public service.
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is the worst president of all time. He has always been recognized as a screw up.
have you forgotten the sudden drop in demand only to be followed very quickly with it's return, thus causing major disruption in our supply chains across industries?...ships 'stacking up' in harbors, etc.?...Biden had ZILCH to do with ANY of that....then came Putin's War...again, NOTHING to do with Biden.
Stop "Making Stuff Up"...oh, and start "Thinking".
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