{"id":1737021,"date":"2022-11-13T06:30:32","date_gmt":"2022-11-13T11:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737021"},"modified":"2022-11-13T10:19:33","modified_gmt":"2022-11-13T15:19:33","slug":"milley-warns-china-conflict-over-taiwan-is-bad-choice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milley-warns-china-conflict-over-taiwan-is-bad-choice\/","title":{"rendered":"Milley Warns China: Conflict Over Taiwan Is \u201cBad Choice\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fmilley-warns-china-conflict-over-taiwan-is-bad-choice%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1737021&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-china\">China<\/a> would make \u201ca really bad choice\u201d if it chose to engage in a conflict over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-taiwan\">Taiwan<\/a>, Gen. Mark Milley said, as he reaffirmed Washington\u2019s commitment to providing Taiwan with military aid.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking at an Economic Club of New York event on Nov. 9, Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United States would \u201cmilitarily\u201d support Taiwan through training and the provision of weapons.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re committed, through the Taiwan Relations Act, that the U.S. will continue to support Taiwan. And we will,\u201d he was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post.<\/p>\n<p>Milley said that he could not predict whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has immediate plans to attack Taiwan, but that it would be difficult for the CCP to launch an amphibious attack across the Taiwan Strait.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s really hard. And I think they\u2019re coming to realize that, and they\u2019re probably evaluating the situation and recalculating what they might do,\u201d he noted.<\/p>\n<p>Milley accused the CCP of seeking \u201cglobal military superiority,\u201d following Chinese leader Xi Jinping\u2019s remarks during the CCP\u2019s National Congress last month in which <a href=\"http:\/\/eng.chinamil.com.cn\/view\/2022-10\/16\/content_10192779.htm\">he vowed<\/a> to enhance his armed forces to \u201cworld-class standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re fine with competition\u2014no problem,\u201d he said. \u201cBut if China wants conflict, then that would be a really bad choice for China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The CCP claims Taiwan as part of its territory that must be reunited with the mainland. But Taiwan has been self-governing since 1949, boasts a thriving democracy and market economy, and has never been controlled by the CCP.<\/p>\n<p>The United States is legally bound by the Taiwan Relations Act of 1979 to provide Taiwan with the means to defend itself but maintains agreements with China that neither power will attempt to unilaterally change the status quo.<\/p>\n<p>Rep. Mike Gallagher (R-Wis.) <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/goal-is-total-dominance-republican-lawmakers-react-to-xis-speech-taiwan-remarks_4801976.html\">believed that<\/a> the impulse to play the savior could lead Xi into a direct conflict with the United States, particularly if Washington did not actively deter the CCP from launching an invasion of Taiwan. To that end, Gallagher called for the United States to forward position U.S. military assets in the Indo-Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe desperately need a sense of urgency to put hard power in Xi\u2019s path before it is too late,\u201d Gallagher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/gallagher.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/rep-gallaghers-statement-xi-jinpings-opening-address-20th-party-congress\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a>\u00a0in an Oct. 16 statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis starts with providing Taiwan with security assistance and moving them to the front of the FMS [forward military sales] line, maxing out munitions production, and augmenting and dispersing American hard power forward in the region.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Andrew Thornebrooke contributed to this report.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-aldgra-fredly\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/WEB_AldgraFredly.jpg\" alt=\"Aldgra Fredly\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Aldgra Fredly is a freelance writer based in Malaysia, covering Asia Pacific news for The Epoch Times. <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>China would make \u201ca really bad choice\u201d if it chose to engage in a conflict over Taiwan, Gen. 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