U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference in February 2021.
U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (D-CA) said on Fox Sunday that Communist China, Russia, Iran and North Korea are the new axis of evil. She urged the Biden administration to stand firm in defense of democracy.
Blackburn, a Republican senator from Tennessee, said, “What we know is that the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, Iran and North Korea are the new axis of evil. We know that the Chinese Communist Party is very radical and they are testing the Biden administration.”
Chinese military planes have been intruding on Taiwan’s southern and southwestern waters in recent days, and on the 9th they even sent up to 11 military planes into Taiwan’s air defense identification zone, while the Liaoning battle group and six other ships are conducting military exercises in Taiwan’s eastern waters, as if to “surround” Taiwan.
Blake said of the tensions in the Taiwan Strait: “We need to remember that generations of Americans have been committed to protecting Taiwan. When we protect Taiwan, we are sending a signal that we will support and protect democracy. Our allies not only in the Indo-Pacific region, but around the globe understand that signal. Our enemies also understand that we will stand firm in defense of democracy.”
Black said the Biden administration should send more signals of support to Taiwan and to other allies who oppose the Chinese Communist Party. Black cited a range of threats posed to the world by the Chinese Communist Party: calling for an attack on Taiwan, taking away Hong Kong’s freedom, advancing sovereignty claims in the South China Sea, practicing debt diplomacy around the world and committing mass extermination of the Uighurs.
“They are trying to build a Chinese (CCP) empire, just like in the days of the old Soviet Union. As I said, the Chinese Communist Party, Russia, Iran, North Korea – this is the new axis of evil. This is where we have to stay focused.”
On the same day, Secretary of State John Blinken expressed U.S. concern about the Chinese Communist Party’s calls to attack Taiwan and warned that it would be a “grave mistake” for anyone to try to change the status quo in the Western Pacific by force.
Speaking to NBC, Blinken said, “The Beijing government’s increasingly aggressive attacks against Taiwan have increased tensions across the Taiwan Strait.”
The U.S. destroyer USS John McCann, part of the U.S. Seventh Fleet, sailed through the Taiwan Strait on Wednesday in an effort to counteract the Communist forces’ major move to “encircle” Taiwan. And two U.S. anti-submarine aircraft also patrolled the Bus Strait on the 9th.
Blinken said the United States has made a long-term commitment under the Taiwan Relations Act to ensure Taiwan’s ability to defend itself and maintain peace and security in the Western Pacific.
Asked if the U.S. would respond militarily to Chinese Communist Party actions in Taiwan, Blinken said, “All I can tell you is that we are seriously committed to Taiwan’s ability to defend itself. We have a serious commitment to peace and security in the Western Pacific.”
Also on Friday, the State Department issued new guidelines that enable U.S. officials to meet more freely with Taiwanese officials, a move that deepens Washington’s relationship with Taipei.
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