Biden’s massive military aid package neglects the real strategic threat: China

Yeah ... I'm totally shocked that this bipartisan war funding bill is spending most of it's war money on places where there is an actual war happening ... makes no sense ...

The US policy on Taiwan couldn't be dumber. We official acknowledge that Taiwan is part of "One China", but also want to defend Taiwan from China in case they attack themselves ... and that stupidity started with Nixon.

 

I'm sure if Biden sent more money to Taiwan Republicans would be lining up to applaud him. AMIRITE?

 

When Biden signed a bill securing billions in aid to Ukraine and Israel was he soft?

 

OP thinks Russia is not a strategic threat.

 

the irony of conservative making this statement after the Ukraine aid fiasco in congress makes me lol

 

Add the Afghanistan War to the list of things you don't know about....stat.

 

The Ukraine bill wouldn't have gone through without Trump's approval. For that I thank him.

 

I can't believe how many republicans want to kiss Putin's ass... Reagan would be proud

 

Entered thread to see Trumpy traitor Russian apologist follow marching orders and try to downplay flagrant murderous Russian aggression.

Leaving satisfied.

 

What happened to the conservatives saying that the war started because Putin was battling Nazis?

 

I feel bad that you typed all of this and I'm not going to respond, but I'm sorry man... it's just too much in here to address and I don't think the juice is worth the squeeze in this case.

 

There’s a massive amount of resources being put towards the china problem. It’s just not in the form of military hardware purchases that most people expect to see when they hear “military aid”

 

That’s not entirely true. The rapprochement with the PRC started with Nixon, and very few people argue that it was not a good thing strategically. The policy you are referring to, however, started under Carter. And there’s a key caveat you have left out: yes, we acknowledge one China, and we do not object to the political unification of Taiwan with mainland China … as long as it is accomplished peacefully and in a mutually agreed manner. That is U.S. law signed under Carter (Public Law 96-8, 1979). Again, most people whether Democrats or Republicans don’t object to that policy. It is China that has failed to lure Taiwan back in the fold with its brutal repression of human rights at Tiananmen, Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Uighur regions. Most Taiwanese would absolutely prefer to under a united China but not at the expense of the political and economic liberties they have built over the last 70 years.

 

Biden’s original aim was to weaken Russia, through proxy war, so as to bring its resources to bear on China.

Instead, it has driven Russia and China together.

Spectacular failure.

 

It’s too late. The U.S. is a fall(ing) empire. It will happen gradually. Then it will happen suddenly …

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Wikipedia says the "One China" policy was first stated in 1972 in the Shanghai Communique "the United States acknowledges that Chinese on either side of the Taiwan Strait maintain there is but one China and that Taiwan is a part of China.[3] The United States does not challenge that position.", so that would have been Nixon.

While I don't doubt the intentions you stated are true, the US simply gave Taiwan an easy out of saying 'no thanks' to Chinas requests for reunification. It again doesn't make sense to me to acknowledge it's one country, but then set expectations that China has to play nice to 'lure them back'. 50 years ago there may have been some hope that China would turn into a friendly ally, and Taiwan would see the benefits of reunification, but they've been heading in the opposite direction for a long time. Taiwan has made it clear they consider themselves a separate country. It's the US that has ended up "playing nice" to China for little gain.