Source: Global Times
[Global Times reporter Fan Lingzhi Global Times special correspondent Zhang Tianxing] As the United States withdraws troops from Afghanistan , the situation in Afghanistan "changes the sky", the situation in Afghanistan continues to attract global attention on the 16th. But in Taiwan, Tsai Ing-wen, who even posted on social media when the dog of US President Biden died, seemed to have nothing happened. Compared with the many media and scholars on the island who repeatedly ring the alarm bell, Tsai Ing-wen's performance is very similar to being a forceful and relaxed person. The collapse of Afghanistan has once again hit the credibility of the United States. Faced with the warning of "Afghanistan today, Taiwan tomorrow", the DPP authorities who tied themselves to the United States were left to use defenses such as "Taiwan is different from Afghanistan" and "Taiwan as long as it is not messy" to boost courage for themselves. On the 16th, Sun Xiaoya, the new director of the Taipei Office of the "American Association in Taiwan", visited Su Zhenchang, Taiwan's "President" and made the DPP authorities very "inspired". Su Zhenchang gave Sun Xiaoya the jewelry "Good Persimmons and Peanuts" that day, which means "good things will happen", which is quite ironic at this time.
Tsai Ing-wen (data photo)
will become the next abandoned child
"We have to be prepared, and the United States may never take care of an ally that becomes a burdened one indefinitely." " New York Times " recently published an article saying that the rapid collapse of Afghanistan has triggered people's complaints about the credibility of the United States and strengthened the view that the United States' support for its allies is not infinite. The article lists some countries and regions with particularly strong feelings, including Taiwan.
Taiwan's United Daily News described the feelings of public opinion on the island after being named after "Afghanistan shock". "Will the US abandonment of Afghanistan give the Tsai authorities a vigilant of 'Afghanistan today, Taiwan tomorrow'?" The newspaper said that the US media began to recall the embarrassing scene of the US military rushing to evacuate overseas Chinese on the eve of Saigon's fall. Biden said that "the United States is back", which became "the United States is back home" in the ears of many people in the allied countries. However, the Tsai Ing-wen administration is still immersed in the sweet guarantee of "rock-solid" US-Taiwan relations, and is enjoying the pleasure of joining Biden's gangs to form a clique. "Diplomatic" is consolidated by the United States, and even the "vaccine shortage" is begging the United States to help the United States to resolve the danger.
Zhang Mingrui, a researcher at Taiwan’s “International Strategic Society”, also asked questions about “will Taiwan become the next abandoned child”. He wrote an article in " China Times Electronic News " that after the Democratic Progressive Party came to power in 2016, it adopted a strategic design of "pro-US, friendly to Japan, and rejection of China", which has long been integrated into the US strategy. After the " Saigon moments" appeared in the IU regime and the fall of Afghanistan, the Taiwan authorities need to think twice about whether it will become the next "abandoned son" of the United States.
Zhao Shaokang, a senior media person in Taiwan and chairman of " China Guanghua ", posted on Facebook that the New York Times warned that Taiwan should be nervous about what happened in Afghanistan and should think that the United States is unreliable, but under the DPP's paralyzing policy, most people do not know that Afghanistan is likely to be the lesson of Taiwan. He criticized the DPP for instilling the wishful thinking of the mainland not beating Taiwan or the United States to come to save it. He was both stupid and irresponsible.
Taiwan University of Political Science Scholar Lu Zhixiang commented on the 16th with the title of "Afghanistan Modern Apocalypse" that the US military was completely defeated from Afghanistan, and Taiwan must re-examine: First, does the United States have enough military force to maintain effective deterrence and disintegrate the mainland's attack? Second, does the United States have a firm political will to fulfill its security guarantees for Taiwan and intervene in the Taiwan Strait crisis? Third, can the Taiwan military be able to deal with the armed attacks on the mainland alone? The article says that the tragedy of Afghanistan shows that nothing is impossible in real politics, and the DPP authorities have no room to avoid.
Taiwan and Afghanistan are indeed different
In the face of public opinion warning, the Tsai Ing-wen authorities responded with the spirit of ostrich. Su Zhenchang said on the 16th that the situation in Afghanistan would be so chaotic, which is internal chaos. "As long as Taiwan does not have internal chaos, it can fight against any foreign force that wants to invade Taiwan." Chen Chi-mai, mayor of the Democratic Progressive Party, said that the situation in Afghanistan involves the geopolitical of the Middle East , which is a different international pattern and security issues in different regions from peace and stability in the Taiwan Strait.Li Zhenghao, a famous pro-green artist, also jumped out and criticized "People who will abandon the United States and see that the world is broken and they do not understand international relations." He also analyzed with a self-righteous approach that where will the United States put troops in after the United States evacuated Afghanistan? Who will you concentrate on dealing with? --mainland.
"A person is green and his brain becomes disabled. Can you be more sober?" Some netizens on the island mocked Li Zhenghao's level at best, only gossip. Su Zhenchang was directly criticized by netizens, "The reason why Taiwan is in chaos is entirely because of the Democratic Progressive Party." On the 16th, when asked how he viewed Su Zhenchang's statement, Zhang Jing, a researcher at Taiwan's "Chinese Strategic Society", said: "Su Zhenchang only shouts 'Resist the People's Liberation Army with a broom' (Su Zhenchang once shouted 'Resist the People's Liberation Army with a broom' - Editor's note). I will not comment on the views of people with this kind of IQ."
Democratic Progressive Party "legislator" Zheng Yunpeng argued on the 16th that Taiwan is fundamentally different from Afghanistan, including the US military not entering Taiwan, so there is no U.S. military withdrawal. Taiwan's defense relies on the independent defense of the Taiwan military and advanced military purchases and cooperation with allies such as the United States. Zhao Shaokang said that the United States’ policies to Taiwan are the same as those to Afghanistan, which helps train local troops, but the difference between the two is that the United States gives Afghan money and Taiwan gives American money. He speculated that the Green Camp would say that Taiwan is more important to the United States than Afghanistan, and directly retorted that Afghanistan ranks at the heart of Central Asia with a population of 38 million. If it is not important to the United States, why should we send 100,000 troops to Afghanistan to fight?
Hong Kong 01 commented that it is precisely because Taiwan is different from Afghanistan that we should be more cautious and fearful. First of all, the United States has garrisons in Afghanistan and Iraq , but when it feels that it has "paid too much", it can always leave. In Taiwan, perhaps the only civilian officers in the "American Association in Taiwan" who know about may be the only civilian officers in the "American Association in Taiwan". If something happens in the Taiwan Strait, can you rest assured? Secondly, if we hope that the United States will intervene in the Taiwan Strait, it will inevitably be possible to affect the life and death of the United States, but Taiwan’s role does not seem to be that important.
Although many scholars and media people on the island issued warnings, the DPP authorities and green media were very low-key about the drastic changes in the situation in Afghanistan. Zhang Jing wrote an article saying that the owner of the White House died, and the land and rocks in Japan were in trouble. Tsai Ing-wen was busy expressing her opinions on social media. Taiwanese media avoided the topic of embarrassing the United States, and I'm afraid everyone knows the reason. Taiwanese columnist Los Angeles said on the 16th that the pro-green media deliberately did not report the tragic situation when the Afghan capital fell. Otherwise, even if the pro-green media conducted a poll, would as many as 65% of the respondents be willing to die for the Democratic Progressive Party and the "Taiwan independence" organization?
has long tasted the taste of being abandoned by the United States
In fact, Taiwan has long tasted the taste of being abandoned by the United States. "There is nothing 'Afghanistan today, Taiwan tomorrow', only 'Vietnam the day before yesterday, Taiwan yesterday, Afghanistan today'." Zhang Jing told the Global Times reporter on the 16th that hasn't Taiwan been abandoned by the United States in 1979? Taiwan People's Network said that for the United States, it is not the first time that it is a black history of "betraying" or "giving up" its allies. After being betrayed by the United States in 1979 (the United States and Taiwan "break down diplomatic relations"), Taiwan has not been able to fully return to the international community to this day.
"If the troops are at the gate of the city is Taiwan, what is Tsai Ing-wen's choice?" Zhao Shaokang posted another article on Facebook on the afternoon of the 16th, questioning that in the face of the safety of 23 million people, Tsai Ing-wen must think clearly, what is Taiwan going to fight? Would she choose to fight to the last broom, or to quit her job and take a plane to save the people from the war?
htmlOn 16, Sun Xiaoya, director of the Taipei Office of the "American Association in Taiwan", visited Su Zhenchang. Taiwan's Central News Agency reported that Sun Xiaoya reiterated her commitment to promoting Taiwan-US relations, saying that Taiwan and the United States share the values of freedom and democracy, and look forward to continued cooperation in various fields. Su Zhenchang described the two as having a happy conversation, saying that they were encouraged and believed that Sun Xiaoya's visit was to convey the message of the US continuing to support and affirm Taiwan. A netizen left a message under the media reports and said, "I'm sorry, my mind is full of Afghanistan."Tang Shaocheng, a researcher at the Taiwan University of Political Science, said in an interview with Hong Kong media on the 16th that the Taiwanese authorities should now realize that the so-called "backers of the United States" cannot trust, and blindly pro-US cannot bring actual "protection". Hong Kong 01 commented that for Taiwan, the top priority is not to fantasize about wars between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait, who will come to help, but to reduce the possibility of wars between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait. If everything is empty and Taiwan's own strength has not made significant progress, then the "American" dream bubble will be shattered sooner or later.
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