Chinese…they don’t like losing face
I'm actually thrilled she popped into the Republic of China (as Taiwan is officially known.) The ROC and KMT have been the official government of Taiwan AND the Chinese mainland since forever-it's just Chang Kai Shek and the rest of the KMT (Kumontang (sp)-the democratically elected Chinese govt) got chased off the mainland in 1949 by Mao and his communist rabble.
In 1950 the ROC's biggest export was apples............Now the ROC is one of the top 10 economies in the world. And it's one 50th the size of the ChiCom mainland. SCREW the ChiComs-the ROC is an independent, free, democratically elected govt (although it took until 1989 to draw down the martial law and attain political parties) and one I support 1000%. (and if there's pro ChiCom folks here like there are pro Russian folks, then flame away.)
Pelosi is generally a sot drunk idiot-but ya gots to admit she's got cohones.........Comrade Joe has said she's not there in an official capacity, at least publicly.....riiight...and Comrade Joe is a p*ssy. You can bet she's there in a FULLY sanctioned US .gov capacity. OR at least in a democrat party capacity. The trip will play well to the communists/democrats looking for "something"!!!! positive in the midterms. Consider that. But also consider she's delivering something official for the US .gov too. Something big enough to warrant delivering it in person.
Since I don't post in the BS anymore I won't speak about the puppets and the worker elves in the background at a few local places here in the last two weeks.
DO,Consider her visit a .gov visit.
The 737 she's cruising around in isn't her normal bird, from looking at the tail. And the bird she's in sure has a pretty new paint job (and the paint cost back in the 80's around 600 bucks a gallon). And there's FAR MORE Ma Bell fun and games in it too. Don't ask-don't tell.
Who else is riding with her on this world wide junket? (Or, more specifically-who got on the plane in Singapore and who got off?)
She is going to spend the night in Taipei. Talk about a morale booster for the Taiwanese. And it was probably set up that way-if a friend feels safe enough to stay in your home that says volumes about the relationship.
4 SU-35s from China were scrambled into the Taiwan strait as she came in to land-a hideously weak, ineffective guesture by the ChiCom military. Other planes did bust the Taiwan ADIZ though; figure on IL-76 AWACS variants, there's a flying boat type they use for AWACS duties as well. And Il-18 derivatives (think Soviet version of the P-3 Orion) too. Every single belch or fart the US party makes while there are going to be scooped and analyzed by the communists. (But good luck on that-if official calls are to be made by the US party they're going onto the their magic carpet to make them. And the commies will have a hellacious time trying to crack that).
The ChiComs have lost face in a HUGE way. They pushed and cajoled and threatened the US about her visiting the ROC-and the collective US .gov (but not our communist "leaders") told them "Bite me". Talk about egg on the Commies faces, it's delicious.
The Chicoms have pushed and presented themselves as a world power with global reach-yet couldn't get one boozehead US congress speaker (and a lady to boot) to aquiesce to their threats. That's the most hilarious thing at all. Pelosi cut the ChiCom's b*lls off. And I F'ing LOVE IT. All the hardware they have floating around in the Taiwan strait now readying for live fire exercises didn't scare her; neither did Winnie the Xi and his cult of personality.
Long live the ROC; and much respect to Nancy Pelosi. I don't like her politics or her drinking but she earned my respect on this trip.