The battle for Taiwan

 

"There is no place on Earth you could go, to survive. Many will die immediately, some not so immediately. But all will die." 

Just when you think things could not get more mucked up in the world, it seems we have picked up some intel which shows that China might be making a move on Taiwan sooner than we thought. Like, maybe as soon as New Year's (this year). With everything going on in Ukraine, would the world be ready for another war? Would we? Would we be involved, or just as a proxy, as we are in Ukraine?

After eight years of Obama (lead from behind), a short respite with Trump (with a socialist Congress for two of those years), and now almost two years of Biden, our forces are in tough shape. Other than the Marines, they just received poor grades on their readiness. General Jack Keane was asked recently, should China invade Taiwan, and if we got involved, how would that turn out. His answer surprised me.

"I have been in war games, twice, in the past few years," General Keane explained. Both times it is with China invading Taiwan and the United States getting involved. "Both times we got our butt's kicked", Keane went on to say. Ouch! I guess our lack of readiness is starting to catch up with us.

Our Navy, which not too long ago ruled the seven seas, has now become somewhat ordinary. China on the other hand, has decided to eclipse our Navy (in number of ships). They have 355 ships, and we have 290. Plus, some of our ships are aging. Not state of the art. But can our Navy still be lethal? Absolutely. That being said, does our nation have the stomach to go to war? Doubtful. 

Both Russia and China are using 2022 to make their play for the future. To (in their minds), right some wrongs. What does that mean for the civilized world? One of two things. Accept that this is inevitable, and just let it happen. In the old days, we would have hoped the UN would have talked Russia and China out of expansionist ventures. 

Or we can tell both China and Russia that this will not stand. If they want to take Ukraine or Taiwan, they must first get past the United States, NATO, Japan, South Korea and SEATO. I think most of us know what the outcome would be. Itchy trigger fingers in both China and Russia would trip the nuclear boundaries. And that would be it.

More and more scientists have needed to remind us, that should the nuclear powers decide to exchange "heavy" nukes in anger, it will be an ELE (Extinction Level Event). There is no place on Earth you could go, to survive. Many will die immediately, some not so immediately. But all will die.