WELCOME BACK, CHINA EXCITING
FEARS OF WORLD WAR III BY
FLEXING MILITARY MUSCLES ON THE
DEMOCRATIC ISLAND OF TAIWAN.
RED BULLY, SEE WHAT I DID THERE?
149 INSIDE TAIWAN’S AIR DEFENSE
SOUND IN THE PAST FOUR DAYS, 56
TODAY ALONE.
U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT URGED
CHINA, FOREIGN MINISTRY
SPOKESPERSON TURNED AROUND AND
BLAMED AMERICA ETC. LAUGHING FOR
PROVOCATIVE ACTIONS AND PROMISED
TO TAKE NECESSARY
COUNTERMEASURES.
TALK ABOUT GAS LIGHTING.
ARE WE ON THE BRINK OF WAR
BETWEEN CHINA AND TAIWAN AND
COULD INVOLVE ANOTHER
DEVASTATING GLOBAL CONFLICT
NOBODY WANTS OR NEEDS?
HERE WITH ME TO DISCUSS CATO
INSTITUTE DIRECTOR OF DEFENSE
POLICY, ERIC GOMEZ, WHAT YOU
THINK ABOUT THIS IN SITUATION X.
>> I’M DOING WELL AND I OFTEN
SAY A MIXED BAG WHEN MY
INTERESTS WERE AREAS OF INTEREST
ON THE NEWS BECAUSE DON’T
USUALLY STUDY VERY HAPPY THINGS
BUT IT MEANS PEOPLE ARE PAYING
ATTENTION TO STUFF LIKE THIS SO
I’M NOT WORRIED ABOUT MEDIA
CONFLICT PARTLY BECAUSE THIS HAS
BEEN HAPPENING FOR A WHILE.
MY FRIEND GERALD BROWN, IF YOU
GO TO HIS TWITTER ACCOUNT, HE’S
BEEN TRACKING ACTIVITIES OF
THESE DATA INCURSIONS SINCE LAST
SEPTEMBER --.
KENNEDY: THAT’S WHEN THEY
STARTED WORKING UP?
>> WHAT’S MOST INTERESTING IS
THEY WERE STAYING STEADY AT A
RELATIVELY LOW LEVEL AND THE
LAST FEW WEEKS OR DAYS, IT’S
GONE UP SUDDENLY SO I THINK IT’S
A CAUSE OF CONCERN RIGHT NOW,
WHY ARE THEY GROWING UP SO
QUICKLY SO RECENTLY?
KENNEDY: DOESN’T HAVE ANYTHING
TO DO WITH CHINA’S REAL ESTATE
PROBLEMS GLOBAL MARKET?
IS AT OUR REACTION TO THAT?
FACEBOOK HAS A WHISTLEBLOWER ON
60 MINUTES AND THE NEXT DAY
FACEBOOK ISN’T WORKING AND
THAT’S ALL WE TALK ABOUT?
>> I THINK THAT MIGHT BE PART OF THE EXPLANATION SO MY OWN THEORY
THE EXPLANATION SO MY OWN THEORY
IS THAT IS A FEW POTENTIAL
EXPLANATIONS.
NUMBER ONE, OPERATIONAL AND
TRAINING, CHINA IS DOING
MILITARY TRAINING EXERCISES AND
THE EXERCISES ARE STARTING TO GO
IN, IT’S NOT NECESSARILY AN
INDICATION OF CHINESE INTENT TO
START A CONFLICT RATHER THEM
DOING DRILLS AND PROBING
EMPHASES HAVE A TAIWANESE AND
REACT TO GAIN INTELLIGENCE AND
DATA.
THE OTHER ASPECT, ECONOMIC PROBLEMS IN CHINA RIGHT NOW, BUT
PROBLEMS IN CHINA RIGHT NOW, BUT
ALSO RIGHT NOW IS A PERIOD OF
INTENSE NATIONAL SENTIMENT BOTH
IN CHINA AND TAIWAN.
CHINA CELEBRATES ANNIVERSARY OF
THE FOUNDING OF THE PEOPLE’S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON OCTOBER 1
TAIWAN CELEBRATE THE FOUNDING OF
THE REPUBLIC OF CHINA OCTOBER 10
AND IN THAT TIME, IF YOU HAVE
NATIONAL BASE CLOSE TO ONE
ANOTHER, I THINK THAT IS PART OF
THE SIGNALING SAYING WE ARE
CHINA, WHERE BIG AND STRONG AND
DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS.
KENNEDY: IF I CANNOT IF THEY IS
JULY 1 AT AMERICA INDEPENDENCE
DAY IS JULY 4 SO IF YOU HAVE
SOMEONE IN WASHINGTON SCREWING
AROUND, IT’S GOING TO BE THEN SO
HOW DOES THIS END?
IS CHINA GOING TO INVADE TAIWAN?
THE U.S. CAN’T JUMP INTO A HOT
WAR WITH CHINA, CAP SAT FOR
EVERYBODY BUT IF CHINA INVADES
TAIWAN, THEY ARE GOING TO FALL
LIKE AFGHANISTAN THE CURATIVE
FORCES.
>> RIGHT AND I HOPE -- MY HOPE
IS THE UNITED STATES CAN PROVIDE
SOME ASSISTANCE TO HELP TAIWAN
WHERE TAIWAN CAN GET TO WHERE IT
DOESN’T FALL LIKE THE AFGHAN
NATIONAL SECURITY FORCES.
I AGREE WITH YOU, PERSONALLY I
AM NOT ON BOARD WITH THE IDEA OF
THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA
FIGHTING A WAR FOR TAIWAN BUT
WASHINGTON RIGHT NOW, THIS IS
THE BIG QUESTION AND SECURITY
WHEN IT COMES TO CHINA HOW DO
YOU HANDLE TAIWAN ISSUE BECAUSE
IT’S A LONG-STANDING PROBLEM FOR
U.S. CHINA AND TAIWAN
RELATIONSHIP ENDED
GEOGRAPHICALLY AND OPERATIONALLY
ONE OF THE HARDEST THINGS FOR
THE UNITED STATES TO TRY TO
DEFEND I THINK TAIWAN COULD HAVE
A GOOD CHANCE HAVING A STRONG
SELF-DEFENSE CAPABILITY BUT PART
OF THAT IS GETTING MOTIVATED TO
DO THAT AND THEY HAVE BEEN
INCREASING INVESTMENTS IN SELF
DEFENSE FORCES WHICH IS A
WELCOMING SIGN BUT THIS WILL BE
THE BIG QUESTION.
KENNEDY: I WONDER IF THEY WILL
VOTE ON A TAIWANESE IRON DOME