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| 'US Special Forces secretly deployed to Taiwan for at least a year: report |
| 2021-10-08 |
| [FOX] A contingent of U.S. Special Operations and Marine forces have been secretly operating out of Taiwan as aggressive Chinese actions continue to escalate, a report said Thursday. U.S. forces have been working to train the Taiwanese military in an attempt to shore up the Indo-Pacific nation’s defenses, first reported the Wall Street Journal. Officials told the publication that over the last year roughly two dozen members of U.S. Special Operation units and supporting troops have conducted ground training while the Marines have worked to train small boat units. The news comes just days after a record number of Chinese military planes entered Taiwan's air defense zone. China’s air force flew roughly 150 fighter jets and bombers into the defense zone over a period of four days. Though the aircraft did not officially enter Taiwan’s air space, the show of force concerned the international community and prompted the U.S., U.K. and Japan to conduct multi-national military exercises in the region Taiwan Premier Su Tseng-chang warned this week that "Taiwan definitely needs to be on alert." "China is increasingly over the top," he said. "We must come together as one and strengthen ourselves, only then will countries that want to annex Taiwan not dare to easily resort to force." Taiwan identifies as a sovereign nation, but it is officially recognized by China, the United Nations and the U.S. as part of the one-China policy. The Chinese foreign ministry claimed that U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan emphasized U.S. "adherence to the one-China policy" in talks on Wednesday. But a statement released by the White House said Sullivan "raised a number of areas where we have concern with the PRC’s [People’s Republic of China] actions," including in the South China Sea. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #14 Just ask any boom boom girl. Well, it was a secrete from me. Heh. OK, Laughing at people's grammar and spelling on the interwebs is bad manners, but that's funny. Come on, man, it's Poor Impulse Control Friday. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2021-10-08 13:59 |
| #13 as log as Snake Alley is allowed to continue |
| Posted by: 746 2021-10-08 13:41 |
| #12 Well, it was a secrete from me. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-10-08 12:28 |
| #11 We were cooperating and training with their forces back in 1963....secretly deployed my ass. Just ask any boom boom girl. |
| Posted by: crazyhorse 2021-10-08 12:07 |
| #10 US special forces troops are deployed pretty much every freakin where. Just like every embassy has marine guards, every military attache has a couple of 'tourists' that wander around and notice things and talk to people. Now, unit deployment with equipment is something else. |
| Posted by: ed in texas 2021-10-08 09:59 |
| #9 I have read a rumor that US personnel in Taiwan are there mostly to show the Taiwanese how to stay out of the way while Uncle Sam takes care of business. Friendly fire isn't friendly. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2021-10-08 09:53 |
| #8 But I thought we had a "Taiwan Agreement". Joe told me so. |
| Posted by: Deacon Blues 2021-10-08 09:13 |
| #5 New in town GI? |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2021-10-08 07:14 |
| #4 Face it everyone, if China invades the Taiwan... What do you think Uncle Joe will be told he needs to do anything? Do you trust our DC DOD Brass to do anything, even if ordered? Seriously The USA DOD will be facing an enemy 2x's it size and remotely. The distance and logistics already favor CCP. Because after the BIDEN/DC DOD Brass Afghanistan Mess what Local area Nation would trusts the US to go the distance? The CCP Army is not PC/WOKE watered down and does not have Transgenders, etc. etc. etc. It is now technically and equally armed, thanks to CCP Spies and US HI-Tech vendors setting up factories and production lines there. Who knows maybe the DC Swamp and CCP worked out a National Debt deal? ..... Taiwan in exchange for $1.2+/- Trillion in CCP purchase USA Debt. Given this Socialist Coup, nothing is anything too far fetched to imagine? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2021-10-08 06:53 |
| #3 There has been credible reporting for years that US troops are in Taiwan. This is nothing new. I doubt they are training with small boat units. |
| Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed 2021-10-08 06:13 |
| #2 Groovy. I'm sure special forces is what you need to stop PLA invasion (a small one, only 10 million). |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2021-10-08 05:02 |
| #1 I am sure General Miley contacted his counterpart in China and briefed him immediately and then called Fox. He just can't keep a secret can he? |
| Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 2021-10-08 00:45 |
