In a perhaps not so surprising move, the Obiden Regime has ordered a U.S. carrier strike group to remain near Taiwan longer than initially planned.
The announced rationale: Because China is “overreacting” to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s visit.
This from westernjournal.com.
On Thursday, on the heels of an ill-advised visit to Taiwan by California democrat Nancy Pelosi, the Obiden Regime surprised China by announcing that the Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Group was going to remain in the region.
The rationale to leave the naval strike group in the area may very well be because Nasty Nancy’s aircraft was not shot down as the Chinese threatened to do and because the American democrat-communists have not yet garnered sufficient cause to initiate World War III and cancel the doomed November mid-term elections.
Although we are told the response is to China’s belligerent military exercises and missile launches aimed at threatening an invasion of Taiwan.
According to the White House transcript of the briefing, Kirby began his comments by saying:
[O]vernight, the People’s Republic of China launched an estimated 11 ballistic missiles towards Taiwan, which impacted to the northeast, the east, and southeast of the island.
Kirby added:
We condemn these actions, which are irresponsible and at odds with our longstanding goal of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait and in the region.
Kirby exclaimed:
China has chosen to overreact and use the Speaker’s visit as a pretext to increase provocative military activity in and around the Taiwan Strait.
Kirby explained:
The United States is prepared for what Beijing chooses to do. We will not seek, nor do we want, a crisis. At the same time, we will not be deterred from operating in the seas and the skies of the Western Pacific, consistent with international law, as we have for decades, supporting Taiwan and defending a free and open Indo-Pacific.
And as further irritancy Kirby insisted:
We will conduct standard air and maritime transits through the Taiwan Strait in the next few weeks, consistent, again, with our longstanding approach to defending freedom of the seas and international law.
And we will take further steps to demonstrate our commitment to the security of our allies in the region, and that includes Japan.
Kirby also said:
Beijing’s provocative actions are a significant escalation in its longstanding attempt to change the status quo.
After his prepared remarks, Kirby was asked if there was a diplomatic means to ending China’s military incursions in the region.
He replied:
Well, we certainly would like to see the tensions deescalate. And if that’s best done through diplomacy, the United States would fully support that. We want to see the tensions come down.
But Kirby went on to claim that the onus was on the Chinese, not Obiden or Taiwan.
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End of story We the People hope and pray.
The state-run Global Times noted further that China is, indeed, using “diplomatic” means to address this week’s situation, but not by ramping down. Instead, the government in Beijing is increasing economic sanctions against Taiwan.
The paper reported:
Starting on Wednesday, Chinese mainland customs authorities suspended the entry of citrus fruits including grapefruits, lemons and oranges, as well as two types of fish (chilled large head hairtail and frozen horse mackerel) from the island, in accordance with regulations and food safety requirements.
So far, the Obiden efforts to send the U.S. carrier group, coupled with increased spy plane missions to observe and record China’s military exercises, have not brought about the sought-after goal of creating sufficient rationale for cancelling the mid-term elections.
