Ukraine Invasion - Please do not post videos showing attacks/similar

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President Xi elaborated on China’s principled position on the Taiwan question. President Xi highlighted that the historical ins and outs of the Taiwan question are crystal clear, and so are the fact and status quo that both sides of the Taiwan Strait belong to one and the same China. The three Sino-US joint communiqués embody the political commitments made by the two sides, and the one-China principle is the political foundation for China-US relations. China firmly opposes separatist moves toward “Taiwan independence” and interference by external forces, and never allows any room for “Taiwan independence” forces in whatever form. The position of the Chinese government and people on the Taiwan question is consistent, and resolutely safeguarding China’s national sovereignty and territorial integrity is the firm will of the more than 1.4 billion Chinese people. The public opinion cannot be defied. Those who play with fire will perish by it. It is hoped that the US will be clear-eyed about this. The US should honor the one-China principle and implement the three joint communiqués both in word and in deed.
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Quite a difference in the 2 briefs when it comes to Taiwan, I don't think anything said will sway the mind Xi he's going to take Taiwan in the next few years
 
Minusorange said:
The 2 are related though, China are just waiting for the US to overcommit in Ukraine where they will be incapable of providing support on 2 fronts
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The US military is designed to fight two major conflicts on opposite sides of the world, given the US are not even fighting in Ukraine, they will have little issue supporting Taiwan.

If the above has been tested or not is another matter, but as I said the US are not fighting in Ukraine.
 
Firestar_3x said:
The US military is designed to fight two major conflicts on opposite sides of the world, given the US are not even fighting in Ukraine, they will have little issue supporting Taiwan.

If the above has been tested or not is another matter, but as I said the US are not fighting in Ukraine.
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To back this up, the US were able to supply Russia in with weapons, ammo, trucks etc, in WW2 as well as fight on multiple fronts themselves. They will have no issues.

As Taiwan supply hell of a lot of the US tech, there is zero chance that US will let it slide if China starts something.
 
Taiwan makes basically all of the good semiconductor chips, and they export them everywhere. I concur US are not going to simply let China waltz in, China would not have a good time in a war against the US hence they talk big but do nothing.
 
I'm wincing even thinking about that, no chance I will want to hunt that video down.

This evidence will only strengthen their resolve though, and hopefully kick up even more support.

The animal that did that needs to be found and captured.
 
dowie said:
Yikes, there is a video posted on twitter and it's pretty horrific, obvs not posting the video here.
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Morbid curiosity made me do a quick search for that... I got about 3 seconds in when I saw the stanley knife in his hand. I just couldnt go through with watching it... Its something I just dont need to see. Nope I just dont need those images in my head. I've seen enough horrors of this world both in person and digitally.
 
Apparently he's a Buryat, basically a Mongol, and they are brutal. Even the Chechens are afraid of those *****. Stands to reason that he's found his calling in Putin's army of war criminals.
 
Firestar_3x said:
The US military is designed to fight two major conflicts on opposite sides of the world, given the US are not even fighting in Ukraine, they will have little issue supporting Taiwan.
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You would think so but it isn't actually true, part of the reason why they aren't fully committed to Ukraine in terms of what they are offering as they know China is waiting for a perfect moment to take Taiwan, the US aren't really in a good state for protacted war where the would suffer losses they have not seen since WW2
Malevolence said:
Apparently he's a Buryat, basically a Mongol, and they are brutal. Even the Chechens are afraid of those *****. Stands to reason that he's found his calling in Putin's army of war criminals.
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He's a coward, butchering a person tied up who can't fight back
 
Minusorange said:
You would think so but it isn't actually true, part of the reason why they aren't fully committed to Ukraine in terms of what they are offering as they know China is waiting for a perfect moment to take Taiwan, the US aren't really in a good state for protacted war where the would suffer losses they have not seen since WW2
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I'm sorry, but what? No. They aren't fully committed because that would be a world war. EDIT: Perhaps also look at what the USA has actually sent. Just because they withheld certain stuff doesn't stop how much kit has been sent.
 
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Minusorange said:
You would think so but it isn't actually true, part of the reason why they aren't fully committed to Ukraine in terms of what they are offering as they know China is waiting for a perfect moment to take Taiwan, the US aren't really in a good state for protacted war where the would suffer losses they have not seen since WW2
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The US would not be boots on ground in Taiwan, they would be offering air and sea support, something which is irrelevant to the Ukraine conflict.

The only way the US could be fully committed to Ukraine is to put soldiers into the field of battle, as we know this hasn't happened, but they have sure sent many to adjacent countries.

I do find it odd to portray the US lack of going from 0 to 100 when supporting Ukraine as some kind of weakness or lack of ability.
 
Firestar_3x said:
I do find it odd to portray the US lack of going from 0 to 100 when supporting Ukraine as some kind of weakness or lack of ability.
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Especially as the US are often portrayed as the unwelcome World Police, probably by the same flapping lips who are saying they should do more in Ukraine.

The USA could wage conventional war on Russia and China no problem. If ICBM start flying, it doesn't even matter.
 
Firestar_3x said:
The only way the US could be fully committed to Ukraine is to put soldiers into the field of battle, as we know this hasn't happened, but they have sure sent many to adjacent countries.
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I was talking in terms of hardware, they're not even half way to what they could give Ukraine to defeat Russia but it's going to put strains on their ability to defend Taiwan the more they give to Ukraine, people need to stop comparing US might in WW2 where they could churn out over 15,000 P-51's among all the other aircraft to the US now who only have a mere 450 F35's where an F35 takes a vastly longer time to create and test for flight readyness than P-51's did, trying to defend Taiwan 200km from mainland China is going to be a long protracted war of attrition that the US simply isn't ready for, especially when there's already issues with resupply stuff sent to Ukraine - https://www.politico.com/news/2022/04/26/raytheon-stinger-missile-stocks-delay-00027766
 
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