Outgoing National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster attends a joint news conference in the East Room of the White House in Washington, April 3, 2018.
Former White House national security adviser H.R. McMaster says the threat of a Chinese (Communist Party) invasion of Taiwan makes the island “the most important flashpoint” in the world that could lead to “massive war.
McMaster told a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing Tuesday (March 2) that Chinese Communist Party leader Xi Jinping sees Taiwan as the “next big prize. This comes as the Chinese regime has consolidated its control of the country through tough national security laws in Hong Kong and a genocidal campaign against minority Muslims in the Xinjiang region.
The former top White House official said Xi believes “he has a brief and closing window of opportunity” on attacking Taiwan, McMaster said, adding, “In his view, he wants to make China whole again.”
Although Taiwan has been a separate political entity for more than 70 years, the Chinese Communist Party considers it part of its territory and has vowed to retake it by force if necessary.
In recent months, the Communist regime has sharply escalated its rhetorical and military pressure on the island.
During the first weekend of President Biden‘s term, the CCP made its largest military incursion into Taiwan’s air defense zone. 13 CCP military planes flew over Taiwan’s southwestern waters on Jan. 23, followed by a similar incursion by 15 military planes the next day. A few days later, a Chinese Communist Party official warned the autonomous island that “Taiwan independence means war.”
McMaster said Taiwan will enter its “most dangerous moment” after the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing.
He said the Chinese Communist Party is now working to militarize the South China Sea to create a barrier and increase the cost of U.S. intervention. So that if Taiwan were attacked, “it would be too costly for us” to defend Taiwan.
For years, Beijing has been gradually building military outposts in the disputed waterways using artificial islands and reefs.
The former national security adviser suggested that the United States should maintain a military presence in Taiwan and around the South China Sea to deter the Chinese communist state from using the space militarily.
He also said the U.S. should continue to help Taiwan strengthen its defenses against possible attacks.
Under federal law, the United States is obligated to provide Taiwan with military equipment for self-defense. Arms sales to Taiwan have increased under the Trump (Trump) administration, with the U.S. government approving more than $15 billion in military sales.
McMaster said the possibility of war between the U.S. and the Chinese Communist Party over an invasion of Taiwan “would be extremely costly for both sides.”
“If the United States does decide to respond to Taiwan, I do believe that the (Chinese Communist) military would suffer tremendous losses based on the power of our combined forces.” He added.
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