US’ Revelation of Troops in Taiwan Will Hasten Cross-Straits War - Beijing

 

Both the Pentagon and Taipei declined to comment on The Wall Street Journal's Thursday report that about two dozen members of US special operations and support troops were "secretly operating in Taiwan to train military forces there" for at least a year. But since the US has exposed the news through anonymous officials, it has taken a step forward to undermine, from covertly to semi-overtly, the key conditions for the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and US.

The US dispatching military personnel to Taiwan is a very severe matter. The US, out of the need for providing after-sales training to Taiwan's military forces, had also sent military personnel to the island in the past, but it did so quietly. The US now attempts to send a strong signal to China by semi-publicizing such operations.

The US wants to get on China's nerves - a consistent tactic of Washington. China must respond to the US' new provocations to make both Washington and Taiwan fully realize the severity of their collusion. Otherwise, in the next step, US military staff may show up in Taiwan island, publicly wearing uniforms and their number may increase from dozens to hundreds or even more to form a de facto US garrison in the island. Beijing must let them know they are playing with fire to provoke a war and the consequences their acts will bring are unbearable to both the US and Taiwan.

Any act to strengthen the US-Taiwan collusion will further reinforce China's resolve to realize reunification by force. It will also accelerate overall preparations for military actions and lead the critical moment to come earlier.

China must resolutely define the deployment of US troops in Taiwan as an "invasion." China has the right to carry out military strikes against them at any time. Beijing will not make any promises over their safety. Once a war breaks out in the Taiwan Straits, those US military personnel will be the first to be eliminated. Through such a declaration, Beijing must make Washington understand that it is playing a dangerous game that is destined to draw fire onto itself and it is risking the lives of young US soldiers.

China has the initiative to decide the timetable of when to take military strikes and will make overall decisions. Domestic cohesion and the public's high trust in the country are of critical importance. China must make the US and Taiwan island have a deep sense of crisis for the future and let them understand the rhythm of the cross-Straits situation is not decided by their plot. Chinese people won't dance to their tune but will crush their tricks with strategic aggressiveness.

The struggle across the Taiwan Straits is more about a result. that the island will finally return to the embrace of the motherland. Both the US and Democratic Progressive Party authorities have had an increasing sense of urgency. This is determined jointly by the mainland's strength and will.

China is a nuclear power. The absolute military advantage that China has formed over Taiwan is sufficient to enable the former to take over the latter in one strike. If the US military participates in the war, it will be severely hit by the PLA and suffer unbearable losses.

The US wants to strengthen Taiwan island's self-defense capabilities and increase its confidence in resisting the PLA through training the island's military forces. It's only wishful thinking. The US military had fully equipped and trained the Afghan government forces, but the army they built couldn't withstand even a single blow.

The secessionist authority in Taiwan overestimated itself, claiming to act as an outpost of the US to contain the mainland. But once the PLA launches a general offensive against the authorities on the other side of the Taiwan Straits, or even it issues an ultimatum before launching the attack, the world will see how weak and coward the Taiwan secessionists are.

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