through the Straights of Taiwan which royally pisses off the Chinese.
US is trying to play semantics game claiming to "support Taiwanese democracy" but "not support Taiwanese independence" although everyone and their uncle knows that without independence, Taiwan cannot have an actual democracy.
Last week, Biden made an unforced error after the Taiwanese elected a strong pro independence minded president, by making an immediate post election comment that simply stated "We do NOT support Taiwanese independence" to appease China.
This undoubtedly shook our long time ally to the core and necessitated a show of support - thus the ship heading through the straights which has now really riled up the Chinese.
Of course, if Biden had simply said nothing at all, neither side would have been rattled. (That was the point of my posts last week when i was told that Joe was simply carrying on longtime policy). But no, Joe wasn't carrying out longtime policy, he was mismanaging the longtime policy by being heavy handed in both directions and making the worst of all worlds - Taiwan is even more skeptical of US support while China is even more riled.
Biden Adm did the right thing sending this ship to Taiwan to correct this error, but again, it was a completely unforced error and another example of Biden's ineptitude. One has to wonder given the quick action by the Adm to send the ship to show support to Taiwan if the Handlers were unhappy with Biden. His comments sounds like a guy not all there who got briefed but then spit it out part of it in his press comments. Or maybe Joe was thinking of his own personal commitments when he spoke.
Link: https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2024/01/25/uss-john-finns-latest-taiwan-strait-transit-sparks-beijings-ire/
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And we as Americans tolerate it.In fact the libs here excuse it., not caring about country..
Going out of his way to undermine Taiwan was idiotic - and it necessitated this show of support which ended up pissing off China more anyways.
Apparently, common sense isnt part of this adm foreign policy….or more likely, Dementia Joe wandered from the ranch in his comments.
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wouldn't have had to send the ship. His unforced error ended up undermining trust with Taiwan while escalating tensions with China compared to if he has just said nothing....which would have been the smart foreign policy move in this case.
You simply throw out vindictives, but you cannot assail the logic or fact........he was inept...again.
administrations have held to it...Biden didn't make any mistake..you did by failing to read before posting.
It would be a true waste of time trying to explain it to you.
Link: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_China
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