“Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said during her short Wednesday morning meeting meeting with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen after flying into Taipei the night prior on an Air Force jet. “America’s determination to preserve democracy, here in Taiwan and around the world, remains ironclad.”
She has already departed on Wednesday, amid ongoing Chinese PLA military drills surrounding the self-ruled island on many sides, which are the result of her visit which Beijing has vehemently condemned, with the foreign ministry warning overnight the US will “pay the price”.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi meets with Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen and accepts the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon, a symbol of America’s strong and enduring friendship with Taiwan. pic.twitter.com/ODIdq8n6Mv
— The Recount (@therecount) August 3, 2022
Taiwan’s Tsai, for her part while meeting with Pelosi said, “Facing deliberately heightened military threats, Taiwan will not back down, we will firmly uphold our nation’s sovereignty and continue to hold the line of defense for democracy.”
Tsai bestowed on Pelosi the democratic-island’s highest civilian award, called the Order of Propitious Clouds with Special Grand Cordon during a live broadcast from the presidential palace.
The Taiwanese president described that it “represented their [Taiwan’s] gratitude to Pelosi and the wish to continue progressing US-Taiwan relations through more cooperation.” Pelosi later posted on Twitter that it was a “symbol of America’s strong and enduring friendship.”
China’s National Defense Ministry in its latest said, “Such an act equals to sealing off Taiwan by air and sea, such an act covers our country’s territory and territorial waters, and severely violates our country’s territorial sovereignty,” according to the words by Capt. Jian-chang Yu.
The part of the PLA drill slated for Thursday will include ‘live fire’ exercises within 12 nautical miles (22 kilometers of Taiwan’s shore. The Hill notes it will be the largest aimed at Taiwan since 1995, when China fired missiles in a large-scale exercise to show its displeasure at a visit by then-Taiwanese President Lee Teng-hui to the U.S.
Taiwan has already charged China with breaching its territorial waters with the drills that kicked off immediately upon Pelosi landing in Taipei the night before.
Meanwhile, more of China’s outrage was on display throughout Wednesday, with Hua Chunying, a spokeswoman for the Chinese foreign ministry, briefing a scheduled media briefing on more repercussions and punishment to come.
The PLA drills around Taiwan island are unprecedented:
-conventional missiles are expected to fly over the island for the 1st time
-PLA forces will enter area within 12 nautical miles to the island
-"median line" ceases to exist https://t.co/gBk6le4uJO— Global Times (@globaltimesnews) August 3, 2022
“As for the specific countermeasures, what I can tell you is that they’ll include everything that should be included,”Hua said. “The measures in question will be firm, vigorous and effective, and the U.S. side and Taiwan independence forces will continue feeling them.”
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Damn it, I was just beginning to like Xi.
Remember our own war history , a plan to kill Hitler was stopped because all intelligent factors figured that as long as Hitler was in control the war would be shorter !
The ChiComs and Russian leaders are not stupid but our government senile & leftist leaders are babbling ignorant stupid fools and the world knows it !
So for them it’s just a waiting game to see what the American idiots will do next as they laugh till the wet their collective pants
Another wasted opportunity to take her out, end the insanity, and do something good for the world.
I don’t give a fuck about live fire exercises, sealing off air and sea routes, or any other bullshit. Just drop a fucking missile on her 82 year-old head and end this farce already, assholes.
“Just drop a fucking missile on her 82 year-old head and end this farce already, assholes.”
Cast of thousands just waiting to take her place. And ‘One-Up’ It.
This women is a complete wreaking ball, an affront to everything in my being. She is the epitome of a world devoid of any righteous justice. I’ve never hit a women in my life, I can honestly say that I would like to punch this fucking bitch in the mouth, just one good solid hit.
At least she’s a good Catholic!
Ouch.
august in for the rabbit punch to daughter of witches throat!!!
She smokes Propitious Clouds.
ummmm …. the Order of Pompous Cunt would be more appropriate.
If Nicole Kidman fellatio is worth $1,000, would you pay $20 for Pelosi?
I pay double for gum jobs. If you ever had one then you know they are the best.
I’ll take Barry for 500 dollars, Alex.
That is how I read it.
My faith in the word of the Chinese has faded. I had hoped that they would have done America, and the world, a great service.
Dear Mainland China government peeps,
Ya threatened to shoot Saggy Tit’s plane out of the sky.
Ya promised that Bad Shit would happen.
BUT …. YA LET HER GO!!!!!!!
Ya crushed my dreams you slant-eyed faggot bastards! Fuck you! No, double fuck you!!!
Sincerely,
A pissed off Deplorable
No toaster for you.
A much better one would have been to have a ‘Brandon’ in the diaper …
Chinese naval exercises circling Taiwan could prove an effective blockade. It’d be funny if the US couldn’t even replace the military gear given to the Ukies because they’re waiting for chips from Taiwan. Jake Sullivan always thinks one move ahead when he’s playing global checkers against chess masters.
So, it appears that Pelosi landed in Taiwan. This is a HUGE victory for the invincible USA and China with all its hollow threats has now lost face. That is how those evil commies are – they only understand the language of force, and when faced with the united forces of democracy they cave.
Right?
Right?!
Well……
Yes, if your expertise in international relation, military matters and China (or Russia) come from reading Tom Clancy’s books, then yes.
But there is another way to look at this:
First, in objective terms, this visit is a pure provocation with no practical effects whatsoever. Pelosi is as much a old teleprompter reading hag as President Brandon. Whatever real dealings the USA and Taiwan had to discuss, they would have done that either remotely or by arranging a meeting between people capable of thinking.
Second, just like Russia many times in the past, the Chinese drew a red line and then let the US cross it. Being the narcissistic civilization that it is, the West only saw this as a sign of “weakness”, “indecisiveness” or even “naivete”. What these folks fail to even think about is this: how do you feel most Chinese will react both to the visit and to the lack of Chinese reaction (so far!)? They will get mad and express their frustrations. Now look at it from the Chinese government’s point of view, rather then spending billions on anti-US propaganda they, instead, let the US humiliate China and thereby solidifying the Chinese population for the day when the real confrontation will take place.
[Sidebar: there is a direct connection between years of Kremlin’s rather weak and mostly verbal protests and the “sudden” appearance of the Russian ultimatum to the West followed by the SMO: the Kremlin literally “cooked” its own public opinion to the point were IT *demanded* strong action. Far from alienating or frightening most Russians, the SMO came as a huge relief to them: “we are FINALLY putting the foot down and taking real action”. That would not have been possible before 2018. Those in the West who saw Putin’s “indecisiveness” simply don’t understand the Russian mindset anymore than they understand the Chinese one. Simply put: you cannot prepare for war without preparing your own population for it! That is what Tom Clancy does to the brains of those reading him]
Third, let me ask you a simple question: who decided on the timing of Pelosi’s visit to Taiwan? The answer is obvious, it was the leaders of the USA. And you can bet that they had everything carefully lined up to make that visit happen in the best of possible circumstances. Now, a BASIC principle of warfare is that you do NOT let your enemy chose the time and place of the battle. Yes, yes, yes, in the western culture any “affront” (real or perceived) demands an immediate reaction. But the Chinese have been at this for many millennia, not just 200 years, and they know better and you can be sure that THEY, not the USA, will chose the time, place and mode of retaliation.
In sum, the woke-soaking narcissists who run the USA can celebrate how they chose “them Chinese commies” who is boss. Just like they did with Russia between 1991 and 2021. And then, when the Russians decided to act, Uncle Shmuel was caught totally off-guard and clueless as to who to deal with this sudden and direct threat.
Last but not least. That kind of imperial arrogance is something which not only impact (the already pretty angry Chinese population), it also infuriates all of Zone B, thereby creating the conditions for more defeats for the USA in Asia, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia and Latin America.
Most US Americans have absolutely no idea how offensive their condescending arrogance, constant flag waving, talks about their messianic mission for mankind and general narcissism is offensive to the rest of the planet. But when you look objectively at the endless list of US failures pretty much anywhere on the planet, you can tell that there is something deep going on here. For some reason, the “Yankees go home” thing seems to be very contagious.
I think that Nancy Pelosi deserves our profound gratitude. She should get at least two medals:
— One from the CP of China in gratitude for her endless efforts to rally the people of China around their government and
— One from Russia, for her endless efforts into solidifying the Russian-Chinese alliance.
Truth be told, between Bliken and Pelosi the national security interests of China and Russia are in good hands 🙂
Andrei
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https://thesaker.is/nancy-braves-the-chinese-dragon-and-wins/
You spin better than Brian Stelter.
That kind of imperial arrogance is something which not only impact (the already pretty angry Chinese population), it also infuriates all of Zone B, thereby creating the conditions for more defeats for the USA in Asia, Africa, the Indian Subcontinent, Central Asia and Latin America.
Probably the best outcome of this for the Chicoms. They have spent Trillion$ around the world building their Belt and Road initiative, so it will be easy for them to get a lot of countries supporting their indignation.
The Chinese produce 5, 10, 25, 50 & 100 year plans while the US looks at 2, 4 & 6 year election cycles. Which do you think produces a better long term result?
They scared , bruh. China don’t want none of this.
Major loss-of-face for Beijing and premier Xi in particular.
Perhaps a younger, more aggressive leader will emerge from the mists of the Central Committee to take things in hand and lead the Middle Kingdom to a great confrontation of the USSA.
What happened to ‘we’ll shoot her plane down’?
The Chinese appear to have taken a page from the clown show’s play book – make a lot of loud, empty threats.
They only threatened to shoot down military escorts.
“Today the world faces a choice between democracy and autocracy”
It Is becoming readily apparent. To more and more by the minute.
The idea of a “Republic” sounded good. On Paper.
But Alas, It was NOT to be, since infancy. You’ll see.
I dont recall Nancy ever “defending” democracy overseas.
ZFG, out.
P.S. Xi, you micro-dick faggot cat eater, you still havent shot her aircraft down. Pussy.
Never ceases to amaze me the wal street psychos that whenever some “world event” takes place the “market” takes a dive etc. Guess the dow went down 400+ yesterday, up some today and why yesterday? All I can figure is pelosi accidentally expelled gas getting on or off the plane. This is similar to some rag head camel jockey in saudi arabia or elsewhere in the oil baron world accidentally expelling gas and falling off the magic carpet. And “we”, mostly regular peeps are stuck in this lunacy called politics.
Buck – It’s the old “Buy on the Rumor, Sell on the News” routine for the banisters on Wall Street.
Market does not move on “news”. That’s just make believe for the goyim. Sentiment and only sentiment drives markets. Oh- and the FED doesn’t control interest ratees either- pay attention- they follow the market rates. They buffalo everyone just the the Wizard.
Strange how it is, that the US government has been used by Wall Street to relegate Chiang Kai-shek to the island and rescue Mao from the caves of outer Mongolia to construct a communist straw-enemy essential to justify unlimited USA military spending —for self protection, of course— and have it evolve into a potential demise of humanity. Ref. WHILE YOU SLEPT by John T. Flynn; HOW THE FAR EAST WAS LOST by Anthony Kubek.
But then again, Jacob Schiff’s $20 million Wall Street investment in the Bolshevik revolution [by which he seized the Czar’s hoard of 600 million gold rubles] that resulted in Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn’s lament to the Columbia University audience of Wall Street rescuing the USSR whenever bankruptcy loomed, and the communist deflector informing the congressional hearing that if timely responses to USA inquiries were not timely received, she had a Manhattan telephone number available for answers, appears to be currently posing a similar problem.
When your enemy is doing everything to weaken and destroy themselves . Do not interfere Sun Tsu !
Hence Senile Pelosi and her leftist lunatic entourage were left to their parasitic pathetic pissing contest !
I wonder what this trip cost the taxpayers that Pelosi and her ilk piss on daily !
Pelosi’ trip prolly cost us 25MILLION dollars and they didn’t even shoot her down. Not worth the entertainment $$$ IMO. Also, that was such a short trip, they could have done a ZOOM call and saved a fortune….just bad theater all around .
We need more bang (litterally) for our entertainment buck.
An Aor.Force jet, so she can get her millions of bribe money in past customs. Asians like to personally hand the cash, and when she isn’t speaker anymore she would have to fly commercial.
Look what the Pelosi crime family did to Baltimore.
Wonder where they will move next?
Frankly, I can’t take the Chinese seriously at this point. They promised to shoot down Pelosi’s aircraft, and didn’t follow through.
So disappointed in them.
Hey China, you missed.
Damn!
This is why Democrats keep amping up their crazy shit non-stop. Because no body holds them accountable, so in their minds, they’re untouchable and god like.