{"id":1795188,"date":"2023-01-04T15:48:24","date_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:48:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1795188"},"modified":"2023-01-04T15:48:33","modified_gmt":"2023-01-04T20:48:33","slug":"our-ukraine-obsession-is-hanging-taiwan-out-to-dry-and-the-biden-administration-just-admitted-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/our-ukraine-obsession-is-hanging-taiwan-out-to-dry-and-the-biden-administration-just-admitted-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Ukraine Obsession Is Hanging Taiwan Out To Dry and The Biden Administration Just Admitted This"},"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\">32<\/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%2Four-ukraine-obsession-is-hanging-taiwan-out-to-dry-and-the-biden-administration-just-admitted-it%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=1795188&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-->\n<p>It\u2019s no secret the foreign policy of President Joe Biden has been a cataclysmic disaster. Recent admissions by his top diplomat show how poor his administration is at the global stage.<\/p>\n<p>A few days prior to Christmas, Secretary-of-State Antony Blinken hosted a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.state.gov\/secretary-antony-j-blinken-at-a-press-availability-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press conference<\/a> To give an overview of the views of the administration \u201cmost consequential areas where diplomacy delivered in 2022.\u201d This list also included U.S. actions, such as mobilizing the world for Ukraine&#8217;s support and accelerating. \u201cstrategic convergence\u201d With allies to contain China and mobilizing \u201cbroad-based coalitions\u201d To address global problems and use American diplomacy \u201cadvance peace and prevent and mitigate conflict.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The more notable part of Blinken\u2019s remarks, however, came during the question-and-answer portion of the press conference when the secretary was asked about lessons the administration learned from its 2021 withdrawal from Afghanistan. Blinken&#8217;s response was tacitly admitting that the administration is unable to manage multiple foreign policy initiatives at once.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen it comes to Russia\u2019s war against Ukraine, if we were still in Afghanistan, it would have, I think, made much more complicated the support that we\u2019ve been able to give and that others have been able to give Ukraine to resist and push back against the Russian aggression,\u201d He stated.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Tony Blinken says the US wouldn\u2019t be able to support Ukraine right now if they were still in Afghanistan and has no ability to support 2 allies at once<\/p>\n<p>Taiwan can\u2019t be happy to hear this <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/UXqwVtUFSb\">pic.twitter.com\/UXqwVtUFSb<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Daily Wire (@realDailyWire) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDailyWire\/status\/1607858850069155841?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 27, 2022<\/a> Taiwan in Focus <\/p>\n<p>Whether intentional or not, Blinken\u2019s statement doesn\u2019t exactly promote confidence in American leadership \u2014 especially pertaining to Taiwan. <\/p>\n<p>In recent years, the island nation has endured an uptick in aggression from China\u2019s communist government, which views Taiwan as a Chinese territory led by Western-aligned separatists. Just this week, it was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsweek.com\/china-taiwan-military-warplane-flights-adiz-1770705\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">revealed<\/a> Beijing had nearly doubled the number of times it sent military aircraft into Taiwan\u2019s air defense identification zone in 2022 (1,737) compared to the year prior (972). <\/p>\n<p>China also normalized military crossings of Taiwan Strait&#8217;s median line after Nancy Pelosi, former House Speaker, visited Taiwan in August. <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/09\/01\/communist-china-is-trying-to-bully-taiwan-into-a-new-status-quo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Developed<\/a> During the Cold War, this imaginary line served as a buffer between Beijing &#038; Taipei for many decades. <\/p>\n<p>In response to China\u2019s growing hostilities, Taiwan has significantly increased its military readiness in preparation for a potential invasion. TsaiIng-wen, Taiwanese President, made a statement last week. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/asia-pacific\/taiwan-extend-compulsory-military-service-official-media-2022-12-27\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">announced<\/a> Starting in 2024, the compulsory military service requirement will be increased to one year. It is currently a four-month requirement. \u201cprotect [Taiwan] and defend democracy.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>The move came several months after Taiwan\u2019s government proposed a record <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nationalreview.com\/corner\/taiwan-pushes-record-14-percent-defense-spending-boost\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">14 percent<\/a> Increase in defense expenditures<\/p>\n<p> Biden\u2019s Ukraine Focus is Kneecapping Taiwan Support <\/p>\n<p>Biden has frequently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2022\/12\/28\/politics\/biden-arms-sale-taiwan\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">approved arms sales<\/a> to Taiwan as part of America\u2019s commitment to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/96th-congress\/house-bill\/2479\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">1979 Taiwan Relations Act<\/a>, his administration\u2019s overzealous devotion to involvement in Ukraine is hampering U.S. commitments to the island nation. <\/p>\n<p>Back<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Biden can&#8217;t &#8216;walk and chew gum at the same time&#8217; when it comes to managing America&#8217;s Ukraine and Taiwan commitments.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":539,"featured_media":1795191,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[546],"tags":[4106,8205,3620,13279,6919,13280,9600,9105,6991],"class_list":["post-1795188","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-federalist","tag-administration","tag-admitted","tag-biden","tag-dry","tag-federalist","tag-hanging","tag-obsession","tag-taiwan","tag-ukraine"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795188","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/539"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1795188"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1795188\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1795191"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1795188"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1795188"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1795188"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}