Biden says he'll defend Taiwan militarily

https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/biden-taiwan-china-japan-intl-hnk/index.html

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington.

The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don’t reflect a change in US policy. It’s the third time in recent months – including during a CNN town hall in October – that Biden has said the US would protect Taiwan from a Chinese attack, only to have the White House walk back those remarks.

During a joint news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida in Tokyo, Biden was asked if the US would be willing to go further to help Taiwan in the event of an invasion than it did with Ukraine.

“You didn’t want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. Are you willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?” a reporter asked.

“Yes,” Biden replied. “That’s the commitment we made.”

“We agree with the One China policy. We signed on to it, and all the attendant agreements made from there, but the idea that it can be taken by force, just taken by force, is (just not) appropriate,” he said.

Under the “One China” policy, the US acknowledges China’s position that Taiwan is part of China, but has never officially recognized Beijing’s claim to the self-governing island of 23 million. The US provides Taiwan defensive weapons, but has remained intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack.

@vivify said
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/biden-taiwan-china-japan-intl-hnk/index.html

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington.

The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don ...[text shortened]... d intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack.

He's saying he wants to make sure WWIII happens at any cost.

@averagejoe1 said
So,,,,,,,,what is he saying or , what did he say.... Give us repubs something to work with.....

@no1marauder said
It means that US policy is that Taiwan is part of China, but we'll go to war with China if they try to enforce that.

Makes sense.

@vivify said
"The US acknowledges China’s position that Taiwan is part of China, but has never officially recognized Beijing’s claim to the self-governing island".

@no1marauder said
Biden's blathering is dangerous; maybe AJ is right and he should step down.

🤣

@sleepyguy said
Kamala to the rescue. Great.

She would say something like:

"Well, China is a reaaaaly big country, and Taiwan is a little country, so, basically... (inappropriate bug-eyed hyena laugh). So it's time for us to do what we have been doing, and that time is every day. We will wait to see what can be, unburdened by what has been, and then make the possible actually happen. That little girl was me."

@vivify said
https://www.cnn.com/2022/05/23/politics/biden-taiwan-china-japan-intl-hnk/index.html

President Joe Biden said Monday that the United States would intervene militarily if China attempts to take Taiwan by force, a warning that appeared to deviate from the deliberate ambiguity traditionally held by Washington.

The White House quickly downplayed the comments, saying they don ...[text shortened]... d intentionally ambiguous on whether it would intervene militarily in the event of a Chinese attack.

@no1marauder said
I don't expect right wingers to be excited about the possibility of a nonwhite, female becoming President but really this is particularly dumb, racist, misogynistic crap.

So par for your course since you see women as primarily baby luggage.

@no1marauder said
I don't expect right wingers to be excited about the possibility of a nonwhite, female becoming President but really this is particularly dumb, racist, misogynistic crap.

So par for your course since you see women as primarily baby luggage.

@sleepyguy said
You're so cheap and lazy.

I'd take a conservative black woman for POTUS any day over Spongebrain soiled pants or his moron sidekick Kamala. Try harder.

@no1marauder said
It means that US policy is that Taiwan is part of China, but we'll go to war with China if they try to enforce that.

Makes sense.

@no1marauder said
It remains nonsensical:

"The United States doesn’t agree with Beijing’s claim to sovereignty over Taiwan, nor does it agree with Taipei that the ROC is an independent, sovereign state.

https://www.csis.org/analysis/what-us-one-china-policy-and-why-does-it-matter

Since when does a nation commit to war to defend something they do not possess and do not recog ...[text shortened]... nt, sovereign state"?

Biden's blathering is dangerous; maybe AJ is right and he should step down.