Commentary
Right now, we have strategic confusion at the highest levels of government.
President Joe Biden has now, on three separate occasions, said that the U.S. military would defend Taiwan if the Chinese regime invaded the island. First in an interview with ABC News in August 2021, then at a CNN town hall event in October, and now on his recent trip to Asia. And three times, the White House staff has had to swoop in and deny that the president meant what he clearly said.
In the August interview with ABC News, Biden was asked about Chinese communist propaganda, claiming that the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan meant that Taiwan, too, would be abandoned. He responded by suggesting that America’s commitment to Taiwan was on par with its commitment to its NATO allies….
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