{"id":966638,"date":"2021-11-04T09:14:16","date_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:14:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=966638"},"modified":"2021-11-04T09:14:20","modified_gmt":"2021-11-04T13:14:20","slug":"milley-pressed-on-whether-u-s-will-defend-taiwan-from-china-were-just-interested-in-a-peaceful-outcome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/milley-pressed-on-whether-u-s-will-defend-taiwan-from-china-were-just-interested-in-a-peaceful-outcome\/","title":{"rendered":"Milley Pressed On Whether U.S. Will Defend Taiwan From China: \u2018We\u2019re Just Interested In A Peaceful Outcome\u2019"},"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\">34<\/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-pressed-on-whether-u-s-will-defend-taiwan-from-china-were-just-interested-in-a-peaceful-outcome%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=966638&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>Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked this week during an event at the Aspen Security Forum if the U.S. military is committed to defending Taiwan if it is invaded by communist China. The U.S., he said, is \u201cjust interested in a peaceful outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When asked by NBC News host Lester Holt if China was preparing to make a move on Taiwan, Milley said he didn\u2019t think anything was near-term, meaning the next 6-24 months, but added, \u201canything can happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the U.S. commitment to Taiwan?\u201d Holt asked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, we have, as you know, we have the Taiwan Relations Act and the three communiques that go with it,\u201d Milley responded. \u201cThey come into being in the, during the Nixon administration. Those are still the U.S. government\u2019s policy and it\u2019s really an issue of ambiguity. But what we want with the U.S. government\u2019s policy is, is that whatever issues Taiwan and the People\u2019s Republic of China have, they resolve them peacefully, in accordance with the will of the people of the island of Taiwan and the people of China. We\u2019re just interested in a peaceful outcome.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Milley said that the U.S. \u201cabsolutely\u201d has \u201cthe capability to do all kinds of things around the world to include\u201d defending Taiwan \u201cif required,\u201d but added that that those decisions were \u201cpresidential decisions\u201d in terms of \u201cwhether or not we do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut we absolutely have the capability,\u201d Milley said. \u201cThere\u2019s no question about that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<p> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Aspen Security Forum Discussion With Lester Holt And Gen. Mark Milley\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/vSBN5xBC1L4?start=963&#038;feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>TRANSCRIPT:<\/p>\n<p><em>LESTER HOLT, NBC NEWS HOST: In that same vein, we\u2019ve also seen more Chinese air activity in the defense zone surrounding Taiwan. Is it your belief that China is preparing to make a move on Taiwan in the near future?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>MARK MILLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: It depends on what you mean by near future. So I\u2019ve said in testimony that my personal estimate is, and I hesitate to speculate on anything in the future, because anything can happen. There\u2019s a wide variety of scenarios that could happen. But I would say that, based on my analysis of China, I don\u2019t think that is likely in the next, near future being defined is, you know, 6-12, maybe 24 months, that kind of window. Having said that, though, the Chinese are clearly and unambiguously building the capability to provide those options to the national leadership, if they so choose, at some point in the future. But near<\/p>\n<p><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gen. Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was asked this week during an event at the Aspen Security Forum if the U.S. military is committed to defending Taiwan if it is invaded by communist China. The U.S., he said, is \u201cjust interested in a peaceful outcome.\u201dWhen asked by NBC News host Lester Holt if China was preparing to make a move on Taiwan, Milley said he didn\u2019t think anything was near-term, meaning the next 6-24 months, but added, \u201canything can happen.\u201d\u201cWhat is the U.S. commitment to Taiwan?\u201d Holt asked.\u201cWell, we have, as you know, we have the Taiwan Relations Act and the three communiques that go with it,\u201d Milley responded. \u201cThey come into being in the, during the Nixon administration. Those are still the U.S. government\u2019s policy and it\u2019s really an issue of ambiguity. But what we want with the U.S. government\u2019s policy is, is that whatever issues Taiwan and the People\u2019s Republic of China have, they resolve them peacefully, in accordance with the will of the people of the island of Taiwan and the people of China. We\u2019re just interested in a peaceful outcome.\u201dMilley said that the U.S. \u201cabsolutely\u201d has \u201cthe capability to do all kinds of things around the world to include\u201d defending Taiwan \u201cif required,\u201d but added that that those decisions were \u201cpresidential decisions\u201d in terms of \u201cwhether or not we do that.\u201d\u201cBut we absolutely have the capability,\u201d Milley said. \u201cThere\u2019s no question about that.\u201dWATCH:[embedded content]TRANSCRIPT:LESTER HOLT, NBC NEWS HOST: In that same vein, we\u2019ve also seen more Chinese air activity in the defense zone surrounding Taiwan. Is it your belief that China is preparing to make a move on Taiwan in the near future?MARK MILLEY, CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF: It depends on what you mean by near future. So I\u2019ve said in testimony that my personal estimate is, and I hesitate to speculate on anything in the future, because anything can happen. There\u2019s a wide variety of scenarios that could happen. But I would say that, based on my analysis of China, I don\u2019t think that is likely in the next, near future being defined is, you know, 6-12, maybe 24 months, that kind of window. Having said that, though, the Chinese are clearly and unambiguously building the capability to provide those options to the national leadership, if they so choose, at some point in the future. But near future, probably not. But anything can happen. \u2026HOLT: What is the U.S. commitment to Taiwan?MILLEY: Well, we have, as you know, we have the Taiwan Relations Act and the three communiques that go with it. They come into being in the, during the Nixon administration. Those are still the U.S. government\u2019s policy and it\u2019s really an issue of ambiguity. But what we want with the U.S. government\u2019s policy is, is that whatever issues Taiwan and the People\u2019s Republic of China have, they resolve them peacefully, in accordance with the will of the people of the island of Taiwan and the people of China. We\u2019re just interested in a peaceful outcome.HOLT: Our reporting has been the tabletop exercises, involving U.S. trying to defend Taiwan from from Chinese incursion have ended badly for the U.S.MILLEY: War games, you mean?HOLT: War games. Do we have the capability to defend Taiwan?MILLEY: We absolutely have the capability to do all kinds of things around the world to include that if required, those are the policy presidential decisions, whether or not we do that, and hence the the policy of the Taiwan Relations Act. But we absolutely have the capability. There\u2019s no question about that.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. 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