The mainstream media are reporting that the United States is in full war preparations to fight communist China with fears of an imminent invasion of Taiwan. China has increased its aggression towards Taiwan, with the Chinese military recently encircling Taiwan in war games, and as "strong punishment" for Taiwan electing its new president Lai Ching-te, who is strongly against unification. On the US side, there were war games as well, with US and Philippine's marines doing training drills on the islands near Taiwan, strategically preparing the area for the coming conflict.
Even the mainstream media is acknowledging that this conflict could erupt into World War III, with China exhibiting no intention of backing down. But the West needs the computer chips that Taiwan makes. There's globalism for you; locate offshore without a thought for the strategic future, only short-term profits. It seems that if the West does not want China to take over the chip factories, they will need to blow them up by missile strikes. Without these tech treasures, China will probably forget about the ideology of reunification; with them it rules the world tomorrow.
Otherwise, the US better get busy building ships for island fighting, as it is short of them. And it needs to figure out how to fight a war with so much of the needed materials are made in China anyway. Thanks again to the globalists for this one.
"The United States military is actively preparing to go to war with China over growing fears of an invasion of Taiwan.
Marines from the US and the Philippines have been carrying out ominous war games on small islands a short distance from Taiwan, reports the Wall Street Journal.
The exercises include deploying teams of marines from Chinook helicopters, readying unarmed assault rifles, and scoping out terrain that would hypothetically be used if conflict erupted.
The developments are a disturbing glimpse into the perspective of US military leaders as the hostile nation continues to threaten to invade Taiwan. Any direct conflict between the US and China could easily spiral into World War Three, with both nations in possession of nuclear weapons that could destroy the planet.
Chinese President Xi Jinping has made no secret of his desire to 'reunify' Taiwan with mainland China, but has kept rivals in the dark over when he could deploy a surprise attack.
Taiwan, a successful democracy, says it has no desire to become part of China. The US has not formally-said it will defend Taiwan if China invades, but President Biden has indicated he'd deploy US troops to defend the island in the event of an attack.
Recently, China has made numerous moves that suggest it is preparing to invade, including just two days ago when the Chinese military encircled Taiwan.
Beijing said the war games were a 'strong punishment' for Taiwan following the inauguration of its new president, Lai Ching-te, with analysts seeing it as yet another blatant show of China's military prowess.
With this threat looming, the Wall Street Journal joined the 3rd Marine Littoral Regiment in its training on the Philippine islands, its fourth trip to the region.
The regiment was only created two years ago to reform America's military presence in the region, and has been preparing on Hawaiian Islands and in California.
US forces gained access to several Philippine military bases last year, and the training exercises were carried out further north on a string of islands around an hour from Taiwan.
However, the war games have reportedly found one main, concerning conclusion: the US military needs ships to move marines between South China Sea islands, which have not even begun being constructed yet.
While the training exercises didn't include real bullets or missiles, the marines were preparing for what would happen if war broke out, including leaving the Chinook helicopters and fanning out across the islands as quickly as possible.
Moving around quickly and stealthily would be key to avoiding China's sensors and drones, which Col. John Lehane said was to 'complicate' the rival's decision making.
US troops hope that a series of quick, nimble moves from location to location would help strain China's military capacity and potentially buy time until further backup arrives.
'(China would) expend an awful lot of resources to figure out where we are and what we're doing,' he said.
With stealth and agility the priority for the marine regiment, Lehane said the US military is 'continually refining the balance between what is the lightest package I can put there to reduce the logistics burden while still making sure that it is combat credible and able to fight.'"