House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) defended her trip to Taiwan on Tuesday, saying the visit was “worth it” despite the unprecedented drills the Chinese military has held around the island in response.
Leading up to her trip, China made clear that it would respond militarily, and the Biden administration warned it could spark a major crisis across the Taiwan Strait. “I think it was worth it,” Pelosi said in her first interview since returning from Asia.
Pelosi pointed out that she received “overwhelming bipartisan support” for the trip, which made her the first House speaker to visit the island since Newt Gingrich did in 1997.
She also questioned why her trip received so much attention and pointed to a bipartisan Senate delegation that visited Taiwan back in April, which included Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ), the chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Pelosi claimed that China “ignored” Menendez’s visit, but Beijing did respond and launched military drills across from Taiwan in response.
China also responded when Sen. Rick Scott (R-FL) visited Taiwan in July by flying aircraft across the median line that separates the Taiwan Strait. For decades, Chinese warplanes very rarely cross the median line, but that has changed as a consequence of Pelosi’s visit.
Every day since Pelosi was in Taipei, the Taiwanese Defense Ministry has reported Chinese planes crossing the median line. China’s People’s Liberation Army (PLA) has also simulated a blockade around the island, drilled within 12 miles of Taiwan’s coast, and fired missiles over the island for the first time. The PLA’s drill marked China’s largest-ever military exercise around the island.
Insane hawks’ circle jerk making war ever likely. Will we ever find another Nixon go to China moment? I doubt it.
Also, “She also questioned why her trip received so much attention,” does she even know what position she holds and who she supposedly represents? 3rd in the line of succession?
She made a big deal about going and then is surprised when there is a big deal made.
“Whoops there goes another rubber tree plant!’ (Nancy)
What an idiot. Shortly after Mendez returned from Taiwan, he introduced the Taiwan Policy Act of 2022 which promotes Taiwan independence, provides $4.5 billion in “security” assistance, and suggests an interest in adding Taiwan to NATO. Nancy’s poured gasoline on the fire, and it was not unintentional.
I think we only heard about it after her trip with someone giving it to the press. Supposedly that was crafted back in June or so. Menendez has to go. He is a hawk, a Pharma lackey, and one of the most corrupt in gov’t. He’s up for reelection next year, I think.
Another Amerikkkan bitch claiming something was “worth it”….
And Madeline Albright thought the murder of half a million children was worth it too. My response: psychopaths.
“Worth it”. Albright to 60 minutes on 500,000 dead women and children. Clinton to Code Pink on taking out Saddam and destroying Iraq. And now the Nanc on inching us closer to WW3. You’ve come a long way baby. Unfortunately.
You said it…!
The Pelosi trip begins to appear to have had White House backing, … and on the same policy template as Ukraine. So are they trying to provoke another “unprovoked” invasion?
Of course she believes it was worth it. It got the response Wash. hoped for. But, they didn’t expect a real dress rehearsal for invading Taiwan, which is what the maneuvers are all about.
Of course it was worth it for her. Pelosi had all the intentions of provoking China. Why did her trip receive so much attention? It does not matter. What matters is that China said clearly that they would take it as a provocation. That alone should have given her pause.
Knowing that China would react and going anyway means that she either did not believe them which would make her an idiot OR that she went with the intention of provoking.