No comment has any staying power wrt to what's "on the table." Only after they are at the table will we (maybe,) learn what was on the table. Public skepticism is a persistent, ebbing and flowing, feature that any leader must must work through if your want to build deterence with the US

So many of the too many in Taipei are synced at the same time not consecutively

A lot of work seems to be being done to ensure allies have no confidence in our alliance structures... no matter what the NSS says... hard to not see what you see

oof

People understand the that if the PRC brings its full might against TWN alone , Taiwan would find it hard to defeat it That does not mean it cannot build useful deterrence, nor obviate the massive challenges the CHinese face to execute a full scale invasion or even sustain a blockade

Yes. Still lots of denial in US think tank world, and a lot of $ tied to USG work curbing tongues for calling a spade a spade

True. Taiwan is old. Old folks don’t wanna go there and it’s a pain in the butt to get to!!!

You want people to respect civil liberties, due process, rule of law, and be transparent in your actions not have masked secret police ... that'd be a nice start

preach

But they won't

Embarrassing sad unnecessary,

true, but first they have to be told AND BELIEVE that war is a realistic possibility whether they want it or not. This is very challenging in a PEACETIME DEMOCRACY. That belief increased with Ukraine, but it is far from universal. Dial up equals warmongering, do nothing means no change needed.

dr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair . ALT: dr. evil from the movie dumb and dumber is sitting in a chair .

Bingo.. We will "invest " 1 Ga-jillion dollars." It is coming very soon...whatever it takes to get off the X

Facts

Agreed, but if anyone thinks information will be released by this DOJ that implicates POTUS they are clearly deluding themselves.

What are ghe implications of drone warfare for assertion of air supremacy which heretofore has been derived largely from fixed wing aircraft ? If you dominate in fixed wing but not drones.. or drones are a draw do you have air supremacy??

Right? He has no policy, ideology, vision guiding principles . Just today...reacting to external inputs of whoever is there most recently or on the phone. Why do people think he does???

"Taiwan is not divided. It’s just that KMT refuses to join it. "...This excellent line pretty much sums things since 2000

They have been laughing for much longer

If they think of Taiwan they connect it to White Lotus

Most Americans would not know 1c2S if it bit them on the a$$

He's attacking all globalized trade/all globalization, even as we use tariffs on partners compel them into joining us in decoupling from China...defies logic

Like a painting!!

Condemnation is useless...

She is NOT pushing back... how bout creating or joining a bipartisan effort to assert constitutional Congressional authority ... talk is cheap

Didn't take long. Priorities in order

Still have Kennedy and Patel votes in competition

What has made America great in part is it's generosity ...yes of course we had interests... but we have lifted up many including our former enemies... sad to see that motive grossly overtaken by selfishness

This was powerful

"Kind, good, happy, gentlemanly, secure people never go Nazi. ...But the frustrated and humiliated intellectual, the rich and scared speculator, the spoiled son, the labor tyrant, the fellow who has achieved success by smelling out the wind of success—they would all go Nazi."