News background: The US congressional agency said that "it is recommended to evaluate ways to strengthen Taiwan's defense and enhance the US denial capability in the event of a mainland attack on Taiwan"? A few days ago, Defense Ministry spokesman Wu Qian responded: Any move to strengthen US-Taiwan military ties is a wrong act of interfering in China's internal affairs and violating US commitments, and any attempt to contain Chinese mainland by arming Taiwan is nothing more than a fool's dream, and is destined to be bloodied in front of the Great Wall of Steel of the Chinese People's Liberation Army!
Bi Dianlong commented: #Armed Taiwan containment Chinese mainland is a fool's dream# The US Congress is indeed planning to turn Taiwan into an arms warehouse. It is planned to raise $9 billion in the form of a lend-lease program to provide arms to Taiwan. The reason is that once the two sides of the strait go to war, the United States and its allies can no longer continue to provide weapons to the Taiwan authorities.
In fact, everyone knows that even if the Taiwan authorities are provided with more weapons, the outcome of cross-strait conflicts has long been determined, and Taiwan's desire to seek independence by force is a dead end. The reason why the United States uses the Lend-Lease program is to forcibly sell some garbage weapons to the Taiwan authorities at its own expense. This is what American politicians and arms dealers know that this may be the last chance. Once the two sides of the strait are reunified or the situation eases, they will no longer be able to sell weapons in large quantities.
Why can't the United States arm Taiwan, or the Taiwan authorities' attempt to seek independence by force? In fact, just look at Ukraine. Despite Russia's lack of continued offensive, it has only used missiles to destroy energy facilities such as power plants, which has caused power outages throughout Ukraine. If such a blackout cannot be restored in the short term, or if even Western countries cannot prevent Russia from continuing to do so, Ukraine will have few options.
Compared with Ukraine, Taiwan has less strategic depth and is more vulnerable in terms of power and energy. In Taiwan, in 2017, workers at a power plant could pull the wrong switch and cause more than 850 people across the island to be unable to use electricity normally. Fuel reserves can only be held for more than a week, and coal for about two weeks. If the mainland really wants to deal with the Taiwan authorities' use of force to seek independence, it will only destroy Taiwan's thermal power generation facilities. It is useless for Taiwan to import more weapons from the United States.
Once the power system is destroyed, it cannot be restored in the short term. The United States and its allies cannot afford to provide generators and fuel oil to sustain the protracted conflict and attrition between the two sides. There is no need to fight a protracted war, and in half a year, the people of Taiwan will abandon politicians who are pro-American and provoke the mainland.
It is an indisputable fact that Taiwan is China. Taiwan is also seen as the core of China's core interests. China's will to reunify the two sides of the strait is extremely firm, and in order to prevent the separation of Taiwan and foreign interference, China will also use all its strength and means. Seeking peaceful development by both sides of the strait not only conforms to the interests of the people on both sides of the strait, but is also an important part of the stable development of the world. If the United States wants to fight proxy wars in Asia, it will inevitably run into blood. (Bi Dianlong)