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Now that the day Lai Ching-te will take office, Lai Ching-te will officially take office as the leader of the Taiwan authorities on 20 May, which is of course good news for Lai Ching-de.
However, the situation facing Taiwan is very grim now, and I am afraid that it is difficult for Lai Qingde to laugh, because the mere fact that Taiwan should move towards the future after taking office is enough for Lai Qingde to be anxious.
Unexpectedly, the United States, which had often supported Lai Qingde before, began to have "discordant voices" within itself, and former senior US officials directly published articles in the media, talking about the Taiwan issue in a big way, and even claiming that "even without Taiwan, the United States will still be the same."
The attitude of this former senior official is already obvious, which means that the situation facing Taiwan will be more difficult, so where will Lai Qingde go next?
Former senior US officials talked a lot about the Taiwan issue
Seeing that the day of Lai Qingde's inauguration is approaching, there are only 7 days left until today, and it has been nearly half a year since Lai Qingde won the election, and it has been a long time since I trusted Qingde to look forward to this day.
But Lai Qingde never imagined that he had been looking forward to taking office for so long, and seeing that the date was approaching, but things had changed, and what was left to him was just a mess.
On May 11, Taiwan's well-known media "Taipei Times" suddenly published an article in which the whole article was talking about Taiwan's issues, which was a very normal thing, but the author of this article was very special.
The name of the author of the article is Elbridge Colby, which should be relatively unfamiliar to many people, because this person is a former high-ranking official in the United States and does not often appear in the public eye.
So in comparison, Colby's fame is naturally far inferior to that of senior officials such as Yellen and Blinken, plus Colby is a former senior official in the United States, which can be traced back to the Trump era, which has been a long time ago, and his popularity is even smaller.
Colby used to be the deputy assistant secretary of defense of the United States, and he is also a well-known figure in the Department of Defense, so he can naturally see the world situation very clearly, and the article he published is actually quite valuable for reference.
It can also be seen from the content of the article that Colby's analysis of the Taiwan issue is indeed to the point, and he has very clearly expounded the predicament that Taiwan is facing today, and has taken almost all aspects into account and explained it in great detail.
But even so, Colby's tone in the article was indeed not polite at all, and even directly claimed that "even if there is no Taiwan, the United States will still live the same life", which can be said to be very arrogant.
The title of this article can be said to be very interesting, the main meaning is to make Taiwan take its defense seriously, on the surface it seems to be for Taiwan's good, but in fact, the article is full of cynicism about Taiwan.
In Colby's view, Taiwan is now facing a very big threat, and no matter what, Taiwan should put a lot of effort into defense, so that it can deal with threats from other aspects, which is still very useful for Taiwan.
And later, Colby also made it clear that the threat facing Taiwan actually comes from the mainland, and in comparison with the mainland, Taiwan's scale and expenditure gap is obviously too large.
It can be seen that at the beginning of the article, Colby's ass was already "sitting crooked", and Colby was obviously more inclined to Taiwan than the mainland.
However, if Taiwan and the United States are put together, Colby began to think about speaking for the United States again, and began to say everywhere that Taiwan is not, anyway, what he wants to express is actually one meaning, that is, "Taiwan cannot leave the United States."
Taiwan is indeed of great strategic importance to the United States, and Colby also pointed out that the United States has a very strong interest in defending Taiwan, but it has not risen to the point where it cannot live without Taiwan, and the United States is not completely dependent on Taiwan.
Having said all this, Colby's attitude is actually very obvious, on the surface he is helping Taiwan analyze the situation, but in fact it is clearly stating the position of the United States, which is tantamount to a bolt from the blue for Lai Qingde.
The above content of the article comes from Taipei Times 2024.5.11 Taiwan must take defense seriously
Lai's hopes were dashed
The sudden statement of a former senior US official can be regarded as completely blinding Lai Qingde of a little hope, and directly leaving Lai Qingde with no way out, and trusting Qingde to realize the seriousness of the problem.
As the new leader of the Taiwan authorities, Lai Ching-te's political stance has always been very clear, and it is obvious that he wants to follow the road of "Taiwan independence" to the end, continuing Tsai Ing-wen's previous political style.
After all, Lai Qingde and Tsai Ing-wen both belong to the DPP, and "things gather people in groups", and basically all of them in the DPP are "Taiwan independence" elements, so as two high-level people, Lai Qingde and Tsai Ing-wen are even more so.
Tsai Ing-wen's idea of "Taiwan independence" has long been an open matter, and during her tenure in office, Tsai Ing-wen has made a fool of herself more than once, and the idea of "Taiwan independence" has been fully exposed, and this is obvious to all.
Among them, there are several very famous things, first Pelosi's visit to Taiwan and the so-called "visit activities" between Taiwan and the United States, which can be regarded as Tsai Ing-wen's official idea of "relying on the United States to seek independence" on the bright side.
But I didn't expect Tsai Ing-wen to do this not just talking, it seems that she really made up her mind, that is, to insist on "Taiwan independence", on March 29, 2023, Tsai Ing-wen followed the "United States" and came directly to the United States.
Although the reception by the United States was very simple, and Tsai Ing-wen's move was also "ridiculed" by the people on the island, Tsai Ing-wen still insisted on going her own way, in a vain attempt to achieve "relying on the United States to seek independence."
However, this is still the case on Lai Qingde's side, and no substantive changes have taken place at all, and Lai Qingde has already begun to "speak wild words" before he wins the election, and his attitude towards the mainland has become very obvious.
The above content in the article comes from North Evening Online 2023-03-31 The embarrassing journey of "hot face sticking to cold ass"! Tsai Ing-wen is beautiful, and the group on the island ridicules: "extremely humiliating"!
In addition, on April 20, the United States passed an aid bill, which is as high as $95 billion, including $1.9 billion in aid to Taiwan.
This huge amount of aid to Taiwan is obviously a reassuring pill given by the US Government to Lai Qingde, and when Lai Qingde has not yet taken office, he will naturally have a little more confidence in "leaning on the United States to seek independence."
The above content of the article comes from Southeast Net 2024-04-30 U.S. military aid boosts "Taiwan independence", and Lai Qingde stubbornly adheres to "mutual non-subordination"
But the truth of the matter is far from being as good as Lai Qingde imagined, and Colby's article is enough to explain everything, and the sharp analysis of the situation in Taiwan can be said to have reached Lai Qingde's heart.
It is no longer possible for Lai Qingde to follow Tsai Ing-wen's old path of "relying on the United States to seek independence," and it can be seen from Colby's article that Taiwan is now being used as a pawn by the United States, but the leader of the Taiwan authorities does not know about it, and the whole thing is very ridiculous and ridiculous.
I also hope that Lai Qingde will be able to see the situation clearly from this article and wake up as soon as possible, that cross-strait reunification is a matter of time or time, and that it is obviously irrational to want to rely on the United States.