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Chinese state media chief calls for war with US over troop numbers in Taiwan
2021-08-18
[AmericanMilitaryNews] Hu Xijin, the editor-in-chief of the Chinese state-run Global Times, tweeted a call for war after Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX)
(Now known as "The Pride of the United States Senate Select Committee on Intelligence")
mistakenly tweeted that there are 30,000 U.S. troops currently stationed in Taiwan.

In a now-deleted tweet sent on Tuesday, Cornyn said, 'US Troops Today in: South Korea — 28,000; Germany — 35,486; Japan — 50,000; Taiwan — 30,000; Africa — 7,000; Afghanistan (month or 2 ago) — 2,500.' Responding to Cornyn’s post, Hu tweeted, 'Now, the US and the Taiwan authorities must explain. If it is true that the US has 30,000, or less than that number, soldiers stationed on the Taiwan island, Chinese military forces will immediately launch a war to eliminate and expel the US soldiers.'
The Drums of War become louder.
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#4  The phrase of the decade is “controlled opposition “
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2021-08-18 11:22  

#3  We should be in a state of preparation for war with certain countries.
After all isn't that why we are strategically pulling out of Afghanistan so we can focus on more important threats.
Yet some idiots with loose lips are trying to sink ships with idiot tweets.
We should have "advisers" on certain island off certain mainlands, but as to the their exact nature and number that would be highly classified.
All congressional members who break secrecy should lose security clearances and not be allowed any access and so be removed from any intelligence positions starting with all Democrat members of congress from California because they have all been compromised long ago.
Posted by: boomerc   2021-08-18 06:28  

#2  As a cheap Bright Pebbles:

Although a FH could loft about 40,000 cellphones attached to tiny USB connected vapor type motors. It only takes a 2 gram warhead (cellphone) at orbital speed to take down an ICBM.

(actually some of the water motors for small sats would be ideal)

Think Cell with cams, GPS, and app to remote control and run, and base station to StarLink for each cluster of phones.
Then it's just an Internet of Machines.


Posted by: 3dc   2021-08-18 01:50  

#1  Help Musk get Starship tested yesterday so he can loft big stuff like Rods From God.
Posted by: 3dc   2021-08-18 01:46  

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