"Don't say we didn't warn you!"
Say Chinese government.
By Tyler Durden: According to prior comments from President Biden, the Pentagon wants
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to cancel her visit to Taiwan - but now
pending her possible arrival in Taipei the US military has moved a Navy
strike group into the South China Sea led by the USS Ronald Reagan
aircraft carrier.The USS Reagan left a port call in Singapore and is now patrolling waters near China, with Beijing flexing its own military muscle by launching fresh naval exercises near the self-ruled island
- and more worrisomely issuing threats that the PLA military is on
stand-by to respond with "forceful measures" if needed. Turkey's EHA
media outlet on Saturday is circulating (unverified) video purporting to
show large US warplane formation flyovers of the South China sea, with destroyers below...
Pelosi is currently en route over the Pacific for a scheduled tour of
Asia - including stops in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, and Singapore
- with The Washington Post's Josh Rogin on Friday reporting
that a Taiwan stopover is "expected to happen" during the "early part"
of the trip, based on diplomatic sources.
All eyes are on Pelosi's
flight path after it was days ago revealed that Taiwan was listed
"tentative" as part of her itinerary...