DAILY ON DEFENSE: • Democracy vs. Autocracy • Qualified GOP support • The 'over-the-horizon' debate continues
Pelosi said her visit comes as the world is in a “struggle between autocracy and democracy,” and she called Taiwan a “model in this region,” a “demonstration of a democracy that has evolved to a stronger place now and offers a very strong contrast to what's happening on mainland China.”
“It's important to note that Members of Congress, several of them, had made trips just earlier this year. Five senators, bipartisan, came — again, including the chair of the Foreign Relations Committee, Mr. Menendez came. Not too much of a fuss was made. Individual senators have made trips or plan to make trips,” Pelosi said. “They made a big fuss, because I'm speaker, I guess. I don't know if that was a reason or an excuse, because they didn't say anything when the men came.
“Good that she went, the Chinese Communist Party are a bunch of bullies and they're trying to shake America's resolve when it comes to supporting the democracy in Taiwan. The speaker did the right thing,” said Sen. Lindsey Graham on Fox radio. “All this bluster will be in the column of bluster. There'll be no real action against Taiwan.
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The Hellfire R9X variant goes by various nicknames, including the “ninja bomb,” the “flying Ginsu,” or “knife bomb.” “The idea that the U.S. can counter terrorism by occupying a country that this is going to make us, you know, better able to protect ourselves has been proven not to be the case,” Smith argues. “What has helped us is our ability to do things like what we just did with Zawahiri, to use our intel assets, to use our strike capability, to put the terrorists at risk no matter where they are without us having to commit tens of thousands of troops in a fruitless effort to remake a country.
“Trump's negotiations with the Taliban and Biden's subsequent withdrawal — particularly the method of withdrawal, which left the Afghan government to the predations of the Taliban — was a disaster. The Taliban-al-Qaeda alliance remains stronger than ever,” Roggio concludes.
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