The Taiwan count down has begun!

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China's aggression is a "conspiracy theory"?

Since when?

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/AQ6TmdkEvQ8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/AQ6TmdkEvQ8</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ6TmdkEvQ8

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/pPFwN3ewQ34" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/pPFwN3ewQ34</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPFwN3ewQ34

Now you know why China hates the Philippines!

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The U.S. ambassador to China on Friday said he isn't "optimistic" about the future of U.S.-Chinese relations.

"I don’t feel optimistic about the future of U.S.-China relations. I feel that we need to see how things develop. We had a very good, productive meeting in California, can we now sustain that engagement? Can we sustain our commitments to each other," Nicholas Burns explained in a Brookings Institution question and answer session, referring to President Biden’s meeting last month with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum in San Francisco.

He added that he’d lived through the "roller coaster" of China cutting off communications then reinstating them.

"So, I wouldn’t say I’m optimistic, I’m careful, maybe realistic," he added. "Hopeful. But hopeful’s different than being optimistic."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-ambassador-to-china-doesnt-feel-optimistic-about-future-relations-between-countries/ar-AA1lzDlb

It has gotten so bad even Democrats can see the writing on the wall!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/KIVTjzEaIl8" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/KIVTjzEaIl8</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIVTjzEaIl8

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/8bnkulJjEIM" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/8bnkulJjEIM</a>

https://www.youtube.com/v/8bnkulJjEIM

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/uWWpl1PXQSA" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/uWWpl1PXQSA</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uWWpl1PXQSA

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As you can see, Democrats are the surrender party!

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U.S. military at smallest size since before WWII:


It’s not a good time to be short of military manpower, but that’s precisely what the Biden administration is facing due to an abject failure to meet its recruitment numbers. As the Military Times reports: “Under end strength levels outlined in the annual defense authorization bill passed by [Congress] … the total number of active-duty troops in the armed forces will drop to 1,284,500 in fiscal 2024. That’s down nearly 64,000 personnel in the last three years and the smallest total for America’s military since 1940, before the United States’ entry into World War II.” Since the end of 2020, the Army is down 8.4%, the Marines are down 4.9%, the Air Force is down 4%, and the Navy is down 2.9%. The Biden administration has been in a state of denial throughout this recruiting shortfall, claiming that the military’s newfound wokeness — its obsession with white supremacy and its insistence on paying for sex-change operations, for example — has nothing to do with it. We disagree. And so does General Thomas Spoehr.

https://patriotpost.us/articles/102970-tuesday-below-the-fold

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Key Takeaways:
 
1. The Taiwanese government and DPP officials, including Vice President Lai Ching-te, accused the PRC of using an ongoing trade investigation to interfere in Taiwan’s election. 
2. ROC authorities are investigating reports that local Taiwanese officials accepted CCP-funded trips to the PRC and received instructions to back particular candidates in the presidential elections.
3. Five Chinese balloons moved through Taiwan’s Air Defense Identification Zone since December 7. This may be part of a broader effort to wear down Taiwan’s resources and response capabilities.
4. Chinese Maritime Militia vessels entered the Philippines-controlled Second Thomas Shoal after the PRC attempted to deny access to Filipino government vessels on routine resupply missions on December 9 and 10.
5. The PRC, Saudi Arabia, and Iran held their first trilateral joint committee on December 15 in Beijing.

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/china-taiwan-weekly-update-december-21-2023

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/nk4_0vLADS4" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/nk4_0vLADS4</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk4_0vLADS4

Tofu housing construction methods cost more lives as the invasion of Taiwan looms!

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<a href="https://www.youtube.com/v/_ufNS23EE-A" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/v/_ufNS23EE-A</a>

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ufNS23EE-A