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Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by neverfail » Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm

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What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?

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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by SteveFoerster » Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm

neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
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What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by Doc » Fri Jul 29, 2022 9:49 pm

It doesn't matter at this point what Pelosi hoped to achieve She is going and probably with a lot of US military in tow. Not going sends the message that the US will not do anything to defend Taiwan.
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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by neverfail » Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm

SteveFoerster wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm
neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-the-pr ... HuTfutJ80s

What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
Fair enough! But are those Sino-Americans, apart from their allegiance to the United States, Taiwan loyalists on the side? (Something like American Jews being advocates for the State of Israel?)

The only other thought I have had is that surely the PRC government would be aware that Pelosi is not visiting Taiwan as an official representative of the US government or as an advocate of foreign policy. They could not possibly be so ill-informed ignorant, could they? Then why is Beijing kicking up such a big song and dance over her coming visit?

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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by SteveFoerster » Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:36 pm

neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
SteveFoerster wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm
neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-the-pr ... HuTfutJ80s

What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
Fair enough! But are those Sino-Americans, apart from their allegiance to the United States, Taiwan loyalists on the side? (Something like American Jews being advocates for the State of Israel?)
I gather there's not a lot of sympathy for CCP oppression amongst Americans of Chinese descent.
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
The only other thought I have had is that surely the PRC government would be aware that Pelosi is not visiting Taiwan as an official representative of the US government or as an advocate of foreign policy. They could not possibly be so ill-informed ignorant, could they? Then why is Beijing kicking up such a big song and dance over her coming visit?
Why? Because insecure behaviour is the Xi regime's trademark.
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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by Sertorio » Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:52 pm

SteveFoerster wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:36 pm
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
SteveFoerster wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm
neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-the-pr ... HuTfutJ80s

What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
Fair enough! But are those Sino-Americans, apart from their allegiance to the United States, Taiwan loyalists on the side? (Something like American Jews being advocates for the State of Israel?)
I gather there's not a lot of sympathy for CCP oppression amongst Americans of Chinese descent.
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
The only other thought I have had is that surely the PRC government would be aware that Pelosi is not visiting Taiwan as an official representative of the US government or as an advocate of foreign policy. They could not possibly be so ill-informed ignorant, could they? Then why is Beijing kicking up such a big song and dance over her coming visit?
Why? Because insecure behaviour is the Xi regime's trademark.
No. Because China may feel that the time has come for them to kick Yankee ass... Just as Russia has done in the Ukraine.

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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by cassowary » Sun Jul 31, 2022 3:10 am

SteveFoerster wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm
neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-the-pr ... HuTfutJ80s

What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
30% of San Franciscans or about 250,000 people are Chinese Americans. That’s a lot of voters. So visiting Taiwan and offending communist China can’t be offending them. Thus I conclude that they don’t like communists.
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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by SteveFoerster » Sun Jul 31, 2022 5:58 am

Sertorio wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:52 pm
SteveFoerster wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:36 pm
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
SteveFoerster wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm
neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-the-pr ... HuTfutJ80s

What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
Fair enough! But are those Sino-Americans, apart from their allegiance to the United States, Taiwan loyalists on the side? (Something like American Jews being advocates for the State of Israel?)
I gather there's not a lot of sympathy for CCP oppression amongst Americans of Chinese descent.
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
The only other thought I have had is that surely the PRC government would be aware that Pelosi is not visiting Taiwan as an official representative of the US government or as an advocate of foreign policy. They could not possibly be so ill-informed ignorant, could they? Then why is Beijing kicking up such a big song and dance over her coming visit?
Why? Because insecure behaviour is the Xi regime's trademark.
No. Because China may feel that the time has come for them to kick Yankee ass... Just as Russia has done in the Ukraine.
Then they invaded the wrong country, because US forces are stationed in NATO countries, not Ukraine. Whoops!
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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by Doc » Sun Jul 31, 2022 6:36 pm

Sertorio wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 11:52 pm
SteveFoerster wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 7:36 pm
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
SteveFoerster wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 6:19 pm
neverfail wrote:
Fri Jul 29, 2022 3:49 pm
https://www.theepochtimes.com/is-the-pr ... HuTfutJ80s

What does Nancy hope to achieve (apart from antagonising the PRC government)?
Perhaps it has something to do with her district being in San Francisco, where there are a lot of Chinese-Americans. If not that, then I'm not sure.
Fair enough! But are those Sino-Americans, apart from their allegiance to the United States, Taiwan loyalists on the side? (Something like American Jews being advocates for the State of Israel?)
I gather there's not a lot of sympathy for CCP oppression amongst Americans of Chinese descent.
neverfail wrote:
Sat Jul 30, 2022 4:09 pm
The only other thought I have had is that surely the PRC government would be aware that Pelosi is not visiting Taiwan as an official representative of the US government or as an advocate of foreign policy. They could not possibly be so ill-informed ignorant, could they? Then why is Beijing kicking up such a big song and dance over her coming visit?
Why? Because insecure behaviour is the Xi regime's trademark.
No. Because China may feel that the time has come for them to kick Yankee ass... Just as Russia has done in the Ukraine.
Russia troops in Kherson are now cut off from Crimea. When thousands of Russian occupiers are forced to surrender are you going to claim that it is a great victory for Russia as well?

BTW what kind of creeps threaten and harass a single mother with three daughters in a war zone?

A)War criminals paid for by their their war criminal leadership:

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Re: Is Pelosi's coming visit to Taiwan good or bad?

Post by neverfail » Sun Jul 31, 2022 7:27 pm

SteveFoerster wrote:
Sun Jul 31, 2022 5:58 am
Then they invaded the wrong country, because US forces are stationed in NATO countries, not Ukraine. Whoops!
They are not there as occupation troops either, like the former Soviet troops stationed in several of these countries previously but are there to send a clear message to Moscow "if you try to do to our countries what you are presently doing to Ukraine you will have a war with the United States on your hands".

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