Pelosi Taiwan visit: region ‘tense’ as Chinese navy watches US warships, holds drills in South China Sea

USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier sails near contested Fiery Cross Reef, with Chinese warships seen nearby

Military analyst says it’s likely to provide an escort for the US House speaker if she proceeds with trip to Taiwan

Jack Lau

Published: 7:30pm, 29 Jul, 2022

User since Mar 2021

Babe B.

Why should US speaker create unnecessary tension in the Asia Pacific region to visit Taiwan - just to spite China? 

Can't US indulge in more useful things such as economic cooperation to prop up the Global Economy - rather than adopting brinksmanship - causing unnecessary friction in the Global stage. 

Is the World not enough of man created crisis and pandemic created crisis?

Just now

1. US democracy system is one that do not really govern or keep their own house in order.

2. The governance system is about "playing to gallery" everyday - so that their lawmakers can wow their voters to win one election after another election - instead of focusing on running the Country, fixing domestic problems, oooperate with foreign countries to fix global problems like global climate, economy, trade, investment etc.

Lawmakers only concentrate on winning election every other days - First the congress election, then the senate election. then Republican primary, then the Democratic primary, then the Presidential election.

3. So everyday, US lawmakers one after another will have to find something or some issue to play up with - and China seems to be the US convenient playcards to play up - so as to win domestic votes - instead of focusing on fixing their own houses and own domestic troubles that are aplenty - eg. mass gun tragedies, human rights against minorities, abortion issues, LBGTQ issues etc etc. - which is more difficult to resolve due to their deadlock 2 party system.

4. Many in the World don't think US is full of righteousness and moral hero - to fight for the cause of justice - because with the 1st sign of trouble, US will withdraw themselves from trouble. Eg. Afghanistan, Iraq etc.

5. So stop creating trouble and try to mess things up.