In reply to Barry.
The “Invasion of Taiwan” talk is misdirection.
They’re already engaged, for more than a decade, in asymmetric warfare and have a seat at the Joetato table. Count on it. WuFlu being sent from there meant they were in on The Steal and they sure as hell expect to be paid.
Why invade Taiwan when the long game is for the US to accede slowly to a Taiwan being sucked in without firing a shot. It might take a decade or so, but it’s doable the longer they have Their Man in DC.
Anyway, too much is made of The PRC desiring Taiwan. Sure, it’s a Face thing, but I think they have larger goals, and once again, have been pursuing them through asymmetric warfare rather than the conventional kind.
The more I look back with hindsight, the more I realize that our Deep State coddled the PRC when the Soviets fell and Deng was really just Deep State. The Plan being that the PRC would pick up the mantle of Communism from the Soviets, but they needed to fight the US in a more strategic way than the Soviets had done.
Recall also that HW Bush is Deep State and CIA and BJ Clinton, and his Crooked Partner in Crime who studied Alinksy (Her Hero), were sleeper Communists as well.
Commies do play the Long Game. We misunderestimate them at our peril. Not the stupid Useful Idiots at the street level or bureaucratic functionary level, but the real leaders of the Movement.
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