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hopp 08-02-2022 01:10 PM

Pelosi arrives
 
Sooo glad to see Speaker Pelosi arrive in Taipei….in a 737
Ya think her crew was nervous?

rickair7777 08-02-2022 01:52 PM

I'm glad she manned up and stuck to her guns on that.

I'm glad the WH didn't roll over either.

I suspect that PRC activity in the area was monitored closely. Entirely possible the 737 wasn't all by it's lonesome out there.

hopp 08-02-2022 02:02 PM

Also glad she didn’t have to arrive “under sniper fire”, tee hee.

Dolphinflyer 08-02-2022 03:27 PM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 3471732)
I'm glad she manned up and stuck to her guns on that.

I'm glad the WH didn't roll over either.

I suspect that PRC activity in the area was monitored closely. Entirely possible the 737 wasn't all by it's lonesome out there.

Reminds me of a scene at a bar where two groups of guys who really don't get along, mutually keep separated and drink peacefully knowing chit would start immediately if either side starts a move.

All is peaceful until someone's idiot girfriend starts mouthing off to the other side without a clue as to what she is doing or who she is fck-ing with.

I have know problem with a fight with a good reason, not for BS politics which is exactly what she is doing.

joepilot 08-02-2022 10:08 PM

I know that President Biden told her publicly not to go.

What did he tell her privately? I don't know, and neither do you. Maybe he wanted her to go to tweak China's nose. That could be interesting.

Joe

rickair7777 08-02-2022 10:41 PM


Originally Posted by Dolphinflyer (Post 3471779)
I have know problem with a fight with a good reason, not for BS politics which is exactly what she is doing.

I don't care why she went. ANY US citizen can go to ANY other country (aside from PRC) for ANY reason and the CCP doesn't get a vote. Eff them.

If she tries to go to PRC uninvited, then they can shoot her down I guess.

WHACKMASTER 08-03-2022 01:22 AM


Originally Posted by rickair7777 (Post 3471914)
I don't care why she went. ANY US citizen can go to ANY other country (aside from PRC) for ANY reason and the CCP doesn't get a vote. Eff them.

If she tries to go to PRC uninvited, then they can shoot her down I guess.

Absolutely. The visit needed to be made to show China that intimidation is not going to work.

Myfingershurt 08-03-2022 05:44 AM

As much as i abhor her political leanings, I’m impressed she had the stones to take the trip. Even more impressed the dems let her go. Glad to see them backing a US ally for a change. If only we could get them on board to back Israel better.

John Carr 08-03-2022 10:56 AM


Originally Posted by Dolphinflyer (Post 3471779)
All is peaceful until someone's idiot girfriend starts mouthing off to the other side without a clue as to what she is doing or who she is fck-ing with.

Which makes it good that she's barely understandable a lot of the time.

I'm sure someone knows, I didn't really follow much. But why the Speaker of the House and NOT the Sec State?

hindsight2020 08-03-2022 06:48 PM

Anything that antagonizes the CCP is good with me. I'm generally not a fan of our middle east/Levant "allies", nor our general foreign policy for the last 40 years, but when it comes to the CCP, I'm unusually hawkish. That organization and their socio-cultural ethos of control/governance is nothing I want expanding into our sphere of living. I rather live with the warts of our [American] empire misgivings, than a CCP Chinese one. Thankfully their demographics are crushing their ability to project power in the next 5-10 years.


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