THE PROBLEM THAT WON'T GO AWAY – Taiwan, once again, is at the center of informed international opinion, and no one is backing down.  From Gateway Pundit:

Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen vowed to ‘do whatever it takes’ to guard Taiwan against an invasion by China. She warned that if its allies allowed it to fall ‘it would signal that authoritarianism has the upper hand.’

China ramped up its threats on Taiwan following Joe Biden’s inauguration.

Communist China flew 56 warplanes into Taiwanese airspace this past week.

The Daily Mail reported – via Midnight Rider Channel:

"China has warned Taiwan against ‘playing with fire’ and said that ‘war may be triggered at any time’ after it sent dozens of warplanes into the island’s airspace.

"An article in the state-backed Global Times said that ‘collusion’ between the US and Taiwan was so ‘audacious’ that the situation ‘has almost lost any room for manoeuvre, teetering on the edge of a face-off.’

"Nearly 150 Chinese warplanes have breached Taiwan’s airspace since Friday, including 56 jets on Monday in a dramatic increase in aggression.

"Taiwanese president Tsai Ing-wen today vowed to ‘do whatever it takes’ to guard Taiwan against invasion as she indicated that without help from the country’s allies ‘authoritarianism has the upper hand over democracy.’

"Recent voyages through the Strait of Taiwan by the British and American navies, coupled with the new Aukus defence pact have infuriated Beijing and sparked more shows of strength in the South China Sea."

COMMENT:  Taiwan's great fear is that it will be abandoned by the United States, as was Afghanistan.  The fear is legitimate. 

Japan has announced that it is beefing up its military forces, a sign that it would be willing to get involved militarily if China tries to take Taiwan.  But would it get involved without the United States?

The Taiwan issue is not yet front and center to most Americans.  They are still getting over our humiliation in Afghanistan, and I really wonder if they have the stomach for another overseas crisis.  We have to ask whether Biden would actually give up Taiwan, let the Chinese have it, in exchange for a period of peace, knowing that such a Chamberlain-style collapse might actually be just what Americans want.  Are we replaying the late 1930s?  Do any of the adolescents in the Biden administration, including the vice president, know how that ended?

Who tells America to wake up this time?

October 6, 2021