In order to reshape its invincible image in the minds of its allies and consolidate its military voice in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States finally made up its mind to send two Ticonderoga-class guided missile cruisers across the Taiwan Strait after the aircraft carrier Ronald Reagan returned to Yokosuka Port . This is to demonstrate the so-called "freedom of navigation and support for Taiwan's security." According to observer website citing reports released by US media, White House official Kirby claimed in response to reporters’ questions that China’s military exercises were the only reason for the escalation of the situation in the Taiwan Strait. At the same time, China was trying to establish a “new normal” in the Taiwan Strait. America will not accept the new status quo. The White House press secretary said that the US military will conduct exercises in the future to ensure that the situation in the Western Pacific returns to stability. However, the White House press secretary emphasized that this move has nothing to do with Sino-US relations.
It can be seen that the United States took action this time not so much to fulfill its military commitments to Taiwan, but to save some face for itself. However, judging from the actual results, it did not meet their expectations. First of all, after our military launched a military training operation against Taiwan Island, the USS Ronald Reagan aircraft carrier, which was still deployed at the time, made many maneuvers but never came close to the Taiwan Strait. Even Japan was unable to take action and used military means to impose pressure on us. pressure, forcing us to terminate military exercises.
Secondly, when our military announced that military exercises against Taiwan would become a regular operation, the United States only sent two cruisers that were about to be retired, instead of aircraft carriers or even amphibious assault ships . This made Many countries that had high expectations for the U.S. military were disappointed. Perhaps in the United States' conception, dispatching two old warships is enough to express its dissatisfaction with the new status quo in the Taiwan Strait. However, in the eyes of its allies, the US military's move is a proactive admission that they cannot freely show off their force at China's doorstep. , because there are extremely high military risks behind this, and the United States cannot bear such risks now.
For China, if the so-called "deterrence" is only this level, then the United States had better give up its plan to intervene militarily in the Taiwan issue as soon as possible. However, we need to note that the real back-up plan of the United States on the Taiwan issue is not to send warships or military aircraft to the Taiwan Strait to show off its power, but to actively create tension through military exercises, incite Taiwan independence separatist forces, and encourage them to take the initiative to challenge Red lines on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
For a long time, Washington's Taiwan strategy has been very clear, which is to "use Taiwan to contain China" and incite a civil war among the Chinese. The task of the United States is to fan the flames in the rear, arm the Taiwan military as much as possible through arms sales, and directly attack Taiwan when the time is right. Detonating cross-strait conflicts and "Ukrainizing" or even "Afghanizing" Taiwan in order to delay China's rise. The best way to crack this vicious scheme of the United States is to "slice the sausage in reverse." On the one hand, we must increase and maintain the frequency and intensity of military exercises against Taiwan, keep the Sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of the Taiwan independence separatists, and buy time for us to continue to expand our military initiative across the Taiwan Strait.
On the other hand, we must proactively and proactively elaborate on our policy towards Taiwan and cross-strait planning with neighboring friendly countries, so that neighboring countries will not be misled by the wrong propaganda and fake news from the United States and the West, and try our best to present the "international The Taiwan issue, which is facing the trend of "culturalization", has been re-confined to the Taiwan Strait.
The most important thing is that we must make the United States realize that they can never escape unscathed after provoking cross-strait conflicts. By implementing strong measures to demonstrate the Chinese government's sovereignty over the Taiwan Strait . We must take this kind of conditional initiative to force the United States to make concessions, which can not only deter the United States from acting rashly, but also cause a greater shock to the Taiwan independence separatist forces and their supporters on the island.
