u.s lawmakers introduced bill to arm taiwan
the lindelice act mirrors legislation signed by president biden to supply ukraine with weapons
if you remember the defining moment in the ukraine war in which the united states explicitly made
good on their promise to support ukraine no matter what against russia was when we passed the lind
lease act now the lend lease act is a world war ii era revived piece of legislation that allows
the president to basically pass through congress and provide an unlimited supply of arms to any
said country uh and that country is expected to eventually pay the united states back on a lease
program uh will they pay will ukraine pay us back probably not i'm just being honest probably not
but this was a defining moment in the war because it showed that you know well regardless of what
happens we're going to continue providing you with arms indefinitely and an unlimited supply of these
arms okay that that was that was the message there it was a really big deal when the united states
said we're gonna do this okay you know it came at the time when we were passing the 45 billion
package for ukraine uh we've spent now nearly 60 billion dollars on ukraine in total uh and and
arm shipments and aid all this stuff uh it's been a staggering amount of money that we have sent
over there and now we're witnessing something play out very similar exactly actually exactly similar
with taiwan taiwan is a region that is not at war with anyone they're not at war with china they're
not at war with the united states they're not at war with japan they're not at war with korea
they're not at war with anyone uh taiwan is a part of china according to the one china policy which
the us and the west adheres to so the idea that we would be arming taiwan to the teeth right now
which is actually something that we've been doing for quite some time if you haven't been following
the stories uh is very very scary but we're about to take it into uh we're about to crank up the
the level to 11 with this new bill that has been introduced in the house take a look at this u.s
lawmakers introduced bill to armed taiwan the lindelice act mirrors legislation signed by
president biden to supply ukraine with weapons now this is just so incredible it's like let's
just think about that we are going through an inflation crisis an economic crisis we are we we
are going through probably a food crisis energy crisis very soon you know the american people
are suffering and joe biden in his presidency is going to be remembered for basically starting
two proxy wars with china and russia and passing lend lease programs for these for these countries
to make way for the endless supply of arms to these regions to the region of taiwan into the
country of ukraine okay so let's take a look at this because this is a this is a huge story and
this shows exactly where we are headed a group of democrats and republicans have introduced a bill
that would authorize the biden administration create a new military aid program for taiwan
modeled after the 1940s lynd lease act that allowed the u.s to arm the allied powers
during world war ii the bill resembles legislation recently passed to boost
weapons supplies to ukraine introduced by representatives michelle steele and jimmy panetta
bipartisan in the house and senator marsha blackburn in the senate the taiwan democracy
defense lend lease act would authorize the president to lend or lease weapons
and military equipment to taiwan which taipei would pay for over a 12-year period the bill's
name in warding closely follows that of the ukraine democracy defense lend lease act which
was signed into law by president biden in may after passing congress with almost no resistance
taiwan is our greatest partner in the indo-pacific region and their continued sovereignty
continued sovereignty listen to that wording no the continued sovereignty you recognize
your own government recognize that taiwan is part of china what do you mean sovereignty
they're continued sovereign you're the one who's stepping on their sovereignty right now that their
continued sovereignty is essential to challenging the new axes of evil said blackburn referencing
an often malign term used by president george w bush to group america's foreign enemies together
america's official position on taiwan however is ambiguous since the 1970s washington has
recognized but not endorsed china's sovereignty over taiwan policy designed to discourage both
a chinese invasion and a formal declaration of independence by taipei the us does provide
military aid to taiwan but the passing of this act would lift any limits as the ukrainian bill did
for aid to kiev the original lindelice act passed in 1941 allowed the u.s to provide arms to britain
france and the soviet union without formally entering the war although the allies were
supposed to pay for this aid the us also accepted the lease for of bases for its military instead
tensions between the u.s and china have soared in recent weeks with taiwan at the center biden
stated in may that the u.s would take military action to prevent a potential chinese takeover
of taiwan a statement that broke with decades of strategic ambiguity over the island while
his aides swiftly backtracked a potential visit to taiwan by house speaker nancy pelosi which pelosi
refused to confirm or deny even as she departed the us for asia on friday has further inflamed
the situation okay and again just to reiterate the just how crazy things are getting uh right now we
are witnessing in the chinese province of fujian which is adjacent to taiwan a division of medium
range air defense systems hq-22s of the people's liberation army of china has been spotted and also
in fujian they were doing chinese 300 millimeter multiple rocket launchers firing towards the
taiwan strait in fujian province so they are doing military testing they claim it to be
routine annual testing and training exercises in fujian but it's worth noting that of course russia
was claiming to do just merely routine annual trainings during their build up on the dombass
prior to their invasion of ukraine this is very concerning uh all indications of u.s policy
at this point indicate that we are going to be eventually sooner or later uh recognizing taiwan
as independent and starting a war with china over this matter there are deeper deeper motives
at play we talked about that in our last segment but overall this is not going to go well for the
west we should not be doing this we should be striving for peace with china and working with
them and their belt and road initiative to develop the world the worst option we have at this moment
is to pursue mutually assured destruction or at least the destruction of the united states
by engaging in a bout of military might with the power as large as china and a armed power at that
continue to follow any updates here but the fact that they are now working to pass a lynd
lease provision for taiwan is a startling sign as to where we are quickly heading