For the week prior to Rep. Nancy Pelosi’s Asian tour, a game of cat and mouse commenced between the United States and China over a potential visit to Taiwan by House Speaker. Pelosi had initially stated that she would travel despite White House pressure. Another exercise in knee-bending for Joe Biden towards the communists.
Pelosi appeared to have given her blessing at the last moment and did not mention Taiwan on her itinerary. A CNN report sourced from Taiwanese officials and the US now states that this is not true. She will Visit the island.
US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is expected to visit Taiwan as part of her tour of Asia, according to a senior Taiwanese government official and a US official, despite warnings from Biden administration officials, who are worried about China’s response to such a high-profile visit.
The stop – the first for a US House speaker in 25 years – is not currently on Pelosi’s public itinerary and comes at a time when US-China relations are already at a low point.
According to Taiwanese officials, she will be staying in Taiwan for the night. Pelosi’s exact landing date in Taipei is unknown.
It looks like the absence of the visit on Pelosi’s itinerary was simply to throw the Chinese off and to buy time. Although the leaked itinerary has now been revealed, the CCP already nukes its sword. First came a passive-aggressive video showing off China’s supposed military might.
NOW – China’s People’s Liberation Army just posted a new video on WeChat ahead of Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan.pic.twitter.com/QaiFcdGCn1
— Disclose.tv (@disclosetv) August 1, 2022
In 2022, Communist propaganda is just as sexist as during the Cold War. It’s one thing to have those kinds of visuals in recruiting videos. It’s another for a country to be so desperate to project power that they do as a brush back to a foreign politician. China’s military, while far better than it was, still has a bit of paper tiger in it. That’s where the Napolean complex comes from. Having a dictator that looks like Winnie the Pooh doesn’t help either.
However, the threats became more dire after this.
BEIJING, Aug 1 (Reuters) – China said on Monday that its military “not sit idly by” if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visits Taiwan.
— Election Wizard 🇺🇸 (@ElectionWiz) August 1, 2022
How will things actually turn out when Pelosi crosses into Taiwanese skies? I suspect that the Chinese are bluffing and won’t actually do anything but hold some exercises off the cost. They can’t afford an economic war with the US right now, and as to a kinetic war, are they really going to assassinate the US Speaker of the House?
Color me skeptical, but the fact that they’ve threatened to do so is reason enough for Pelosi to go. Far be it from me to defend her on essentially any point, but in this case, it’s not her grotesque personal politics being tested here. Rather, it’s the US resolve in the face of Chinese aggression. The Biden administration has already spent its tenure appeasing the Chicoms, never mind the Biden family’s business connections with the communists. For the US’s long-term credibility, it would be a disaster to back down.
I’ll close with the caveat that the plans for Pelosi to visit could change again. China could make an unwise move and put her in serious danger. Pelosi will immediately be removed. It’s a game of chicken right now, and we’ll see how it ends.
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