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As the devastating crisis unravels in Afghanistan, Joe Biden has put his incompetence on full display for the world to see.
It appears even China is taking notice.
The ripple effects of Biden’s incompetence may already be reaching all of the way to Taiwan.
The Guardian reports that China has begun conducting live-fire air and sea military exercises.
This is occurring near the southwest and southeast parts of the island nation of Taiwan.
A spokesperson for the Eastern Theatre Command, Col. Shi Yi. said communist China has “directed aerial and naval resources to the area, including fighter jets, anti-submarine aircraft and warships.”
Supposedly, China is taking action due to “external interference and provocations by Taiwan independence forces.”
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These exercises are part of an ongoing campaign that’s lasted two years and is meant to intimidate Taiwan as it asserts its own sovereignty over China’s claim of the island as a territory, Reuters reported.
In this most recent exercise, the PLA sent six J-16 fighter jets and two H-6K bombers — which are capable of delivering nuclear weapons — among the 11 Chinese planes that invaded Taiwan’s air defense zone…
“In addition to seeking air supremacy over Taiwan, they have also been conducting frequent electronic reconnaissance and electronic interference operations,” a senior official familiar with national security in Taiwan told the news outlet…
The U.S. has continued to ally with Taiwan, recently providing $750 million in howitzer artillery weapons — the same type now in the hands of the Taliban thanks to Biden’s hasty exit from Afghanistan…
“The US troops’ withdrawal from Afghanistan has led to the rapid demise of the Kabul government,” an editorial titled “Afghan abandonment a lesson for Taiwan’s DPP” began.
“The world has witnessed how the US evacuated its diplomats by helicopter while Taliban soldiers crowded into the presidential palace in Kabul. This has dealt a heavy blow to the credibility and reliability of the US,” the article pointed out.
A majority of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of U.S. military operations in Afghanistan, according to a new poll.
69 percent of polled Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of the U.S.’s military presence in Afghanistan. Only 23 percent approve of Biden’s handling.
Now a 98-page report from the Inspector General reveals alarming information about the Biden administration and events leading up to the catastrophe unfolding in Afghanistan.
The Biden administration’s failure to understand the movement of the Taliban and provide effective preparation with the Afghan government has had horrifying consequences.
U.S. troops have been under fire, at least twice, while at Kabul’s Karzai International Airport, the NY Post reports.
“Thousands of Afghans have been filmed desperately chasing after and clinging to a US Air Force plane as it taxied down the runway — with multiple people plunging to their deaths after the aircraft took off in the frantic attempt to flee the country after the Taliban takeover,” the report adds.
Trump has called on Biden to resign from office “in disgrace.”
“What Joe Biden has done with Afghanistan is legendary,” Trump said. “It will go down as one of the greatest defeats in American history!”
The Inspector General has released the Department of Defense’s quarterly Sentinel report on Operation Freedom.
It reveals four facts about the Biden administration’s intel prior to withdrawing U.S. forces:
1. The Biden administration knew that the Afghan forces were unlikely to succeed in slowing or stopping the Taliban’s advance.
2. The report shows that the Biden administration also knew the Taliban had its sights set on Kabul.
3. The Biden administration knew the Taliban was only engaged in political negotiations to seek legitimacy, but planned to increase its military offensive to take the country by force.
4. The report also warned that plans for Kabul’s Hamid Karzai International Airport were likely insufficient due to a complicated agreement with Turkish forces.
