Biden defies longstanding US policy by
telling CNN town hall he WOULD defend
Taiwan if it was attacked by China, forcing
White House to issue 'clarification' contradicting president
Agence France-Presse & Daily Mail (UK),
by
Staff
&
Harriet Alexander
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
10/22/2021 6:00:38 AM
White House advisers were forced to 'clarify' a comment by Joe Biden that the US would defend Taiwan in the event of an attack by China, in breach of a longstanding policy that states otherwise. 'Yes,' he responded when asked in a CNN town hall about defending Taiwan. 'We have a commitment to that.'Biden's statement was at odds with the long-held US policy known as 'strategic ambiguity,' where Washington helps build Taiwan's defenses but does not explicitly promise to come to the island's help in the event of an attack. After Thursday's town hall, a White House spokesperson was forced to clarify the president's position,
Reply 1 - Posted by:
Toby Ten Bears 10/22/2021 6:10:11 AM (No. 953676)
The buffoon in the Whitehouse...
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Skinnydip 10/22/2021 6:24:44 AM (No. 953682)
What a complete and total idiot. I keep asking myself, how did we get here?
20 people like this.
Reply 3 - Posted by:
polkaboy 10/22/2021 6:30:44 AM (No. 953684)
To think the Democrats and media were paranoid about President Reagan's access to the nuclear football.
25 people like this.
Reply 4 - Posted by:
jinx 10/22/2021 6:58:10 AM (No. 953704)
Which spokesperson? Who is running the show behind the scenes?
18 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
CivilServant 10/22/2021 7:06:42 AM (No. 953711)
To answer #2:
100 years. From ratification to ruin.
‘Twas our downfall, never doubt.
The 19th Amendment.
10 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
caljeepgirl 10/22/2021 7:18:52 AM (No. 953717)
Surprised his answer wasn't 'NO'....
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
Strike3 10/22/2021 7:27:01 AM (No. 953728)
I'm surprised that China has not taken Taiwan already. They could occupy it in one day and there would be no resistance from anybody. False messaging like this from the Idiot-in-Chief could bring catastrophic results and Joe's beskirted military leadership is in no position to resist.
19 people like this.
Reply 8 - Posted by:
Krause 10/22/2021 7:34:48 AM (No. 953733)
It's possible that joe could get fired by unknown people.
9 people like this.
Reply 9 - Posted by:
singermom9 10/22/2021 7:44:32 AM (No. 953740)
#2. 330 million people in the US and we wind up w this demented fool
21 people like this.
Reply 10 - Posted by:
Venturer 10/22/2021 8:15:26 AM (No. 953764)
I think the real power in the White House just told us Taiwan is on their own.
17 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
philsner 10/22/2021 8:16:58 AM (No. 953766)
Oh I see. If the communists invade Taiwan, Brandon does nothing.
11 people like this.
Reply 12 - Posted by:
BachBone42 10/22/2021 8:35:02 AM (No. 953786)
Keep Letting This Foolish Old Codger, #JoeBidenHasDementia, Continue Speaking His Own Mind, at Some Point It'll Be The #DemocRATs Who Will Ultimately Take The Poor #SOB Out Before "Natural Causes" Does Him In...
6 people like this.
Reply 13 - Posted by:
NamVet70 10/22/2021 9:04:21 AM (No. 953814)
So when did this nation ever agree to a policy that we would deny defense aid to the free nation on the island of Taiwan? Did the USA ever get senate approval of a treaty with the Communist party ruling the Chinese people on the mainland agreeing that we would not defend the free Chinese on the island of Taiwan? The free Chinese nation that was once a member of the UN Security Council?
4 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
LadyVet 10/22/2021 9:06:42 AM (No. 953816)
And this audience was hand-picked to be friendly to Joe Biden.
5 people like this.
Reply 15 - Posted by:
bad-hair 10/22/2021 9:22:15 AM (No. 953836)
FTA ... Biden's comments also come in the wake of a Financial Times report that China has tested a state-of-the-art hypersonic missile with nuclear capacity that flew around the planet before landing, albeit not on target.
China insisted that the projectile was not a missile, but was rather a spacecraft undergoing a routine test.
So since when does a SPACECRAFT have a TARGET
3 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Phantomll 10/22/2021 9:23:40 AM (No. 953838)
Make one wonder- whose thumb is actually on the "nuclear button"?
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Marzipan4 10/22/2021 9:47:28 AM (No. 953871)
This man is taking a sledgehammer to our country. Please continue to stand. When possible though uncomfortable, shed that mask and smile at your fellow humans to remind them it’s ok to think for yourselves and call the emperor naked.
5 people like this.
Reply 18 - Posted by:
snowoutlaw 10/22/2021 9:54:14 AM (No. 953882)
China is not going to invade Taiwan. Its an island, any invasion would be wiped out on the beaches. Hitler wanted to invade England in 1940 but never could only because it is an island. Another thing the US had never promised to defend South Korea in 1950 either, but we did.
2 people like this.
Reply 19 - Posted by:
bigfatslob 10/22/2021 10:07:33 AM (No. 953898)
Biden works alone. I'll bet he never asked the skirted Generals about exiting Afghanistan either he just did it one his own. True to form Biden would act alone again always on the wrong side of a decision. Taiwan is just the hot button between China and the US Joe Biden is the trigger mechanism. Potato salad brain only popped off to entertain the hand picked crowd but I'll bet they were shocked. What a loud mouth buffoon Joe Biden is. FJB and the horse he rode in on.
4 people like this.
Reply 20 - Posted by:
MickTurn 10/22/2021 10:35:56 AM (No. 953969)
Joey says something, then the Commies running things tell us he was incorrect...How Special!
Our Government has officially gone to Hades and Lucifer (Obummer) is running things.
2 people like this.
Nothing but bluster from a phony tough guy. Xiden will do as he is told, and will grab his ankles when his master Xi tells him to.
3 people like this.
Reply 22 - Posted by:
MDConservative 10/22/2021 10:38:25 AM (No. 953976)
International affairs expert...indeed.
2 people like this.
Reply 23 - Posted by:
qr4j 10/22/2021 11:01:04 AM (No. 954007)
Biden is all hat and no cattle except when it comes to screwing over the American people. That he does with impunity. What worries me is that he will go off half-cocked and get us into a conflict that costs American lives. His comments re defense of Taiwan are evidence of arrogance, not strength.
2 people like this.
Reply 24 - Posted by:
Luandir 10/22/2021 12:55:59 PM (No. 954149)
From Kabul Joe, this is a declaration that we will do nothing.
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Reply 25 - Posted by:
smokincol 10/22/2021 2:14:09 PM (No. 954240)
if the Chicoms invade Taiwan, diapers will form a committee to investigate the uprising of the people of Taiwan against the People's Republic of China and its peaceful military forces.
0 people like this.
Reply 26 - Posted by:
stablemoney 10/22/2021 2:17:30 PM (No. 954245)
We cannot successfully defend Taiwan. That is a 7,000 mile supply line for us, and a 50 mile strait for the Chinese. The USA is China's new Hong Kong. The place where they can interact with the west.
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Reply 27 - Posted by:
mifla 10/23/2021 4:51:33 AM (No. 954733)
Can we cut out the middleman? Just put the person in charge of "clarifications" in front of the microphone.
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