More US Politicians Invade China, Inexplicably

Wait, why are we going to war with China again?

It’s the thing with the democracy values in a rules-based order, right?

RT:

A US congressional delegation touched down in Taiwan on Sunday for a two-day visit. The lawmakers’ arrival comes less than two weeks after a separate visit by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi sparked a flurry of military activity in the Taiwan Strait and sent relations between Washington and Beijing into a tailspin.

The visit to Taipei was announced by the American Institute in Taiwan, which functions as the US’ de-facto embassy on the self-governing island. According to the institute, Massachusetts Senator Ed Markey, a Democrat, is leading the group. Democrat Representatives John Garamendi (California), Alan Lowenthal (California), and Don Beyer (Virgina) are accompanying Markey, as is Rep. Aumua Amata Coleman Radewagen, a Republican from American Samoa. 

What the fuck is “American Samoa”?

The delegation will “meet with senior Taiwan leaders to discuss US-Taiwan relations, regional security, trade and investment, global supply chains, climate change, and other significant issues of mutual interest,” the institute stated.

The US officially recognizes, but does not endorse, China’s sovereignty over Taiwan, a position referred to as the ‘One China’ policy. While American lawmakers and officials regularly travel to the island, Beijing considers visits by more senior US figures to be tacit endorsements of Taiwanese independence.

The war against Russia was a real bust. A big loss for the liberal order of… rules and a democracy values…. who we are… you know the thing.

But this war with China? This is a really good idea, and it will probably work out really well.

We’re going to have a really good, you know… a good democracy in Taiwan, that is about our values in a rules-based who we are. That’s the meaning of life. Putting our values first, so that there’s a democracy. You can’t have a rules-based order without a democracy, and this is who we are because of our values.

It’s really just that simple.