Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion !

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Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

Reuters
David Brunnstrom and Trevor Hunnicutt
Sun, September 18, 2022 at 7:58

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden said U.S forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, his most explicit statement so far on the issue, something sure to anger Beijing.

Asked in a CBS 60 Minutes interview broadcast on Sunday whether U.S. forces would defend the self-ruled island claimed by China, he replied: "Yes, if in fact, there was an unprecedented attack."

Asked to clarify if he meant that unlike in Ukraine, U.S. forces - American men and women - would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion, Biden replied: "Yes."

The interview was just the latest time that Biden has appeared to go beyond long-standing stated U.S. policy on Taiwan, but his statement was clearer than previous ones about committing U.S. troops to the defend the island.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/biden-says-u-forces-defend-235809541.html

[jimfields33]

1. Can Ukraine be happy to hear this?

[dsp3000]

2. Good. Make China think twice. How are the republicans going to spin this as "weak on china"??

[Takket]

3. wow. that is quite a thing to say. Xi will have little choice but to respond lest he look "weak"

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Xi will likely do his best to ignore it.

War is in neither nation's interest.

[Happy Hoosier]

6. This has been US policy for a long time. NT

[David__77]

5. I certainly hope that's not what would actually happen.

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