{"id":1938495,"date":"2023-05-26T06:11:04","date_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:11:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-confident-it-can-win-a-war-over-taiwan-admiral-aquilino\/"},"modified":"2023-05-26T06:15:22","modified_gmt":"2023-05-26T10:15:22","slug":"us-confident-it-can-win-a-war-over-taiwan-admiral-aquilino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-confident-it-can-win-a-war-over-taiwan-admiral-aquilino\/","title":{"rendered":"US Admiral Aquilino is confident in winning a war over Taiwan."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/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%2Fus-confident-it-can-win-a-war-over-taiwan-admiral-aquilino%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=1938495&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--><h2>US Indo-Pacific Commander Confident in Defending Taiwan Against China<\/h2>\n<div class=\"post_content\">\n<div class=\"aplayer_app\" data-source=\"https:\/\/vs1.youmaker.com\/assets\/2023\/0525\/db178da1-6707-4bb0-9d34-8bf6e31f5ced\/audio.mp3?length=3547917&#038;duration=296\"><\/div>\n<p>The United States is confident that it could win in a war defending Taiwan should China choose to mount an invasion, said United States Indo-Pacific Commander, Admiral John C. Aquilino.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe United States does not choose to escalate, we are not being provocative. That said, I\u2019m confident that we\u2019d be able to fight and win wherever it went,\u201d he said at a panel titled \u201cPreserving a Legacy of Liberty and Peace in the Indo-Pacific\u201d on May 23.<\/p>\n<p>Aquilino, during the event hosted by the National Committee on United States\u2013China Relations, said that Secretary of State Antony Blinken and President Joe Biden have tasked him with two missions.<\/p>\n<h3>Missions<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Prevent conflict<\/li>\n<li>Be ready and prepared to fight and win<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\u201cNo matter when it happens,\u201d he added, \u201cthe United States military is man trained, equipped, postured, and ready to execute both of those missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A possible invasion from China of the democratically ruled Taiwan, which the Chinese regime has long eyed to take over, by force or not, has seemed increasingly possible since Russia\u2019s attack on Ukraine in early 2022.<\/p>\n<p>The tensions around the Taiwan Strait have continued to grow as Beijing escalates its threat campaign toward the island by sending missiles and warplanes close to the territory.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5292503\" style=\"width: 640px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/id5292503-GettyImages-1492773140-1200x800.jpg\"><br \/>\n\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2023\/05\/25\/id5292503-GettyImages-1492773140-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"Taiwanese Navy personnel maneuver around a Newport-class tank landing ship in Yilan, Taiwan, on May 24, 2023. (Annabelle Chih\/Getty Images)\"><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a><br \/>\n\t<\/figure>\n<p>Last month, a record 91 Chinese aircraft and 12 naval vessels appeared around Taiwan as Beijing concluded its three<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marketmind-china-taiwan-tensions-loom-ever-larger\/\" title=\"Marketmind: China-Taiwan tensions loom ever larger\">-day military drills<\/a> in response to Taiwanese President Tsai Ing-wen\u2019s stopover in the United States. Dozens of the aircraft crossed the median line of the Taiwan Strait into the island\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/senator-urges-biden-administration-to-keep-confronting-china\/\" title=\"Senator Urges Biden Administration to Keep Confronting China\">air defense identification zone<\/a>, the airspace that serves as a buffer outside its territorial airspace.<\/p>\n<p>The Chinese military, during the drills, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/china-sends-91-warplanes-12-naval-vessels-on-final-day-of-taiwan-drills_5186132.html\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/us-confident-it-can-win-a-war-over-taiwan-admiral-aquilino\/\" title=\"US Admiral Aquilino is confident in winning a war over Taiwan.\">conducted simulated joint precision strikes<\/a><\/a> on key targets in Taiwan and its surroundings, and the People\u2019s Liberation Army (PLA) Eastern Theater Command declared that the Chinese troops are \u201cready to fight at any time\u201d to \u201cresolutely smash any form of Taiwan independence and external interference.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Russia\u2019s \u201cillegal and illegitimate, unprovoked attack on Ukraine\u201d has given the rest of the world a new view of how authoritarian regimes work, Aquilino said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe globe was woken up,\u201d he said. \u201cI think the rest of the global community has a view that authoritarian nations and the decision of one man\u2014if he or she, man or woman, were to take that choice, it doesn\u2019t matter what anyone else thinks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He warned that military aggression on Taiwan would cost the Chinese leader \u201cblood and treasure,\u201d and \u201cthe global community can be pulled together quickly when they disagree with actions taken in that fashion,\u201d subjecting Beijing to global condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>In March, Paul Freisthler, chief scientist at the Defense Intelligence Agency\u2019s Directorate for Analysis, told the House Armed Services Committee that China is ahead of Russia in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/pentagon-officials-acknowledge-uncertainty-in-defending-against-hypersonic-missiles\/\" title=\"Pentagon admits difficulty in defending against hypersonic missiles.\">developing hypersonic missiles<\/a> and may have tested an arsenal capable of hitting U.S. military bases in the Western Pacific.<\/p>\n<p>Responding to concerns about the aggressive Chinese military buildup, Aquilino noted that the United States utilizes the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/if-you-want-air-power-you-need-to-buy-aircraft\/\" title=\"If You Want Air Power, You Need to Buy Aircraft\">entire joint force<\/a> to deter military threats.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf we were to, unfortunately, get any kind of conflict, for the United States, it\u2019s the ability to bring all of our capabilities to bear to ensure that we can fight and win,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Indo-Pacific Commander, Admiral John C. Aquilino, stated that the US is confident in its ability to defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion. He emphasized that the US does not seek to escalate tensions and is not being provocative. 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