Gen. Keane: China’s potential takeover of Taiwan ‘getting closer’

>> Bill: THERE IS A LOT TO CHEW ON THERE. AN EMPHATIC NO FROM TAIWAN’S PRESIDENT AFTER CHINA’S LEADER CALLED FOR A PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION COMING DAYS AFTER BEIJING SENT A RECORD NUMBER OF BOMBERS AND FIGHTER JETS INTO THEIR AIR DEFENSE ZONE. GENERAL JACK KEANE ON THAT STORY. NICE TO SEE YOU. I WANT TO READ THE STATEMENT FROM PRESIDENT XI. YOU PAY CAREFUL ATTENTION TO THIS. NO ONE SHOULD UNDERESTIMATE THE CHINESE PEOPLE’S STAUNCH DETERMINATION AND ABILITY TO DEFEND NATIONAL SOVEREIGNTY AND TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY. THE TASK OF THE COMPLETE REUNIFICATION OF THE MOTHERLAND MUST BE FULFILLED AND WILL DEFINITELY BE FULFILLED. WHAT HE TALKED ABOUT THERE WAS A PEACEFUL REUNIFICATION. HOW DID YOU INTERPRET THAT MESSAGE? >> THANKS, BILL. CERTAINLY THAT WAS THE SOFTEST DISCUSSION HE HAS HAD ON REUNIFICATION WITH TAIWAN IN SOME TIME. AS WE KNOW, HE GAVE UP DISCUSSION OF PEACEFUL TRANSITION AND HE HAS BEEN TALKING ABOUT A FORCEFUL TAKEOVER AND SAYING WORDS TO THE EFFECT WE WON’T PASS THIS ON TO THE NEXT GENERATION. IN OTHER WORDS, I’M GOING TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE MYSELF. I DON’T WANT TO MAKE TOO MUCH OF THE FACT THAT IT WAS A SOFTER IN TONE BECAUSE I DO BELIEVE ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS AND CERTAINLY 150 AIRCRAFT AS YOU NOTED IN THE INTRODUCTION OVER A WEEKEND TO INCLUDE A LOT OF THAT BEING DONE AT NIGHT WAS NOT ONLY INTIMIDATION AND COERCION AND HARASSMENT OF TAIWAN, TO BE SURE. AND ALSO SENDING A SIGNAL TO TAIWAN’S ALLIES IN THE REGION THAT THE PRC IS DEAD SERIOUS ABOUT TAKING OVER TAIWAN. BUT THE REALITY IS THEY ARE ALSO PRACTICING, BILL. AND THAT’S WHY THEY WERE FLYING AT NIGHT. SO I THINK WHERE WE ARE HERE, WHEN WE LOOK AT THIS SITUATION, THE OUTGOING INDO CHINA COMMANDER SAID WE’RE GETTING CLOSER TO THIS POSSIBLY IN SIX YEARS. I THINK IN TERMS OF A POTENTIAL INVASION AND TAKING BY FORCE. LIKELY PRESIDENT XI IS MOVING THAT UP A LITTLE BIT IN MY JUDGMENT. IT IS NOT IMMINENT BECAUSE NEXT YEAR OLYMPICS, NEXT YEAR NATIONAL PARTY CONGRESS WHICH THEY HAVE EVERY FIVE YEARS, BIG POLITICAL UNION AND THEY WILL CERTIFY PRESIDENT XI FOR ANOTHER TERM TO BE SURE AND LIKELY 10 YEARS FOR CERTAIN. SO NOTHING THERE IN TERMS OF 2022 OR MAYBE EVEN 2023. AFTER THAT I DO THINK IT’S GETTING CLOSER. >> Bill: THAT FITS WITH WHAT YOU TOLD US LAST WEEK HERE IN NEW YORK. "NEW YORK POST." JOE BIDEN MUST STAND UP TO CHINA AFTER THE LATEST THREAT TO TAIWAN. WASHINGTON NEEDS TO HELP TAIWAN BECOME A NUT TOO NUT TO CRACK TO WITHSTAND A BLOCKADE. BIDEN MUST STAND UP TO A DICK TORESHIP INTENT AN DOMINATING THE WORLD. WHAT DOES BEIJING HAVE TO DO TO WAKE HIM UP? I DON’T KNOW HOW TO ANSWER THAT. WHY DIDN’T WE HEAR ABOUT THIS DURING THE TRUMP YEARS AND WHY IS IT TODAY IN THE HEADLINES? >> WELL, THEIR INTIMIDATION AND COERCION DURING THE TRUMP YEARS WAS SIGNIFICANT. TRUMP WAS THE FIRST PRESIDENT IN SOME TIME TO REACH OUT AND BEGIN TO STRENGTHEN TAIWAN’S DEFENSES AND ALSO OBVIOUSLY TO COUNTER CHINA. NO ONE HAD COUNTERED CHINA BEFORE. PRESIDENT BIDEN CAME IN AND TOOK GOOD STEPS TO HELP STRENGTHEN IT. THE QUAD ALLIANCE. HE HAS MET WITH THOSE LEADERS AS WELL AND NOW HE HAS AN ALLIANCE WITH THE U.K. AND ALSO WITH AUSTRALIA IN TERMS OF NUCLEAR SUBMARINE PROPULSION. WHAT IS MISSING IS FOR THE LAST 10 YEARS, PRESIDENT XI HAS REALLY GONE AFTER CLOSING THE GAP THAT SEPARATES CONGRESS HONG AND ALSO TAIWAN FROM MAINLAND CHINA. WE HAVE SEEN HIM CRUSH HONG KONG. WE ARE TALKING ABOUT SPECIFIC TERMS IN THE PAST DOING THE SAME THING WITH TAIWAN BY MILITARY FORCE IF POSSIBLE. I HAVE THINK IT’S TIME FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, GIVEN XI’S BEHAVIOR AND GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE 1979 TAIWAN RELATIONS ACT SAYS THAT WE HAVE A RIGHT TO PROVIDE THE DEFENSE TO TAIWAN IN TERMS OF ITS CAPABILITIES BUT IT LEFT AMBIGUOUS WHETHER WE WOULD DEFEND IT OR NOT. I THINK WE SHOULD REMOVE THAT AMBIGUITY BECAUSE OF PRESIDENT XI’S AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR AND SAY UNEQUIVOCALLY THE UNITED STATES WILL COME TO THE DEFENSE OF TAIWAN IF THE MAINLAND CHINA TAKES ANY MILITARY ACTION WHATSOEVER. AND LET’S GET THIS AMBIGUITY OFF THE TABLE. >> Bill: MAYBE WE GET TO THAT. GENERAL, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

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Length: 4min 55sec (295 seconds)

Published: Mon Oct 11 2021