Taiwan bolstering military exchanges with U.S., Tsai says

People ought to learn the law, Biden or any American military official cannot do anything, without the War Power Act

Good for President Tsai, super smart woman. She - and Taiwan - are champions of freedom and democracy in the region, and will be backed all the way by like-minded nations such as Japan, the US, Australia and the UK.

The more collaboration with democratic, freedom-loving nations in the region, the less chance the wicked PRC will have in succeeding in monopolizing the region.

An unexpected positive aspect of the Ukraine war is that the PRC has realized that invading Taiwan would fail and almost certainly lead to economic collapse.

Likely, the "bolstering military ties" refers to training the ROC in how to best use US weapons. America will never be drawn into a direct fight with China (as it won't with Russia), but it can - and likely would - close the Straits of Malacca to Chinese shipping, leaving the country with 2-3 months of oil at best.

Good - Nazi Germany got a bloody nose when it tried to cross the Channel - why do tryrants hate democracies so much?...this is something that as a planet - we need to overcome...

Democracies are not a threat - just because the UN agreed with the Philippines that China had not historical right to claim their territory - doesn't make it a threat - it makes it a rules based world - if you can't abide by a rules based world - please resign your seat at the UNSC

Thank you

YrralToday 02:04 pm JST

People ought to learn the law, Biden or any American military official cannot do anything, without the War Power Act

"The War Powers Resolution requires the president to notify Congress within 48 hours of committing armed forces to military action and forbids armed forces from remaining for more than 60 days, with a further 30-day withdrawal period, **without congressional authorization for use of military force (AUMF) or a declaration of war by the United States.** The resolution was passed by two-thirds each of the House and Senate, overriding the veto of President Richard Nixon."

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_Powers_Resolution

The President can take military action without congress approval for 60 days plus 30 days more for withdrawal, but cannot declare war. So he can do a "special military operation" without congress approval lasting 90 days (three months).

This is a move to enhance the security of Taiwan, but as China has a hernia any time someone does anything with Taiwan, they will no doubt bluster and rant about this statement from Tsai.

War with China would not be a special operation,it would be an war

Fightoo, American could care less about defending any Foreigners,it obviously you do not know anything about American

If Ukraine has taught us anything, when you have an aggressive authoritarian neighbor like Russia or China you can’t afford to count on their forbearance to survive.

YrralFeb. 21 08:52 pm JST

War with China would not be a special operation,it would be an war

If China declares war on America, there is no doubt Congress will have no choice but to defend America and declare a state of war. If China attacks Taiwan, the president can launch attacks to defend Taiwan without declaring war, as has happened before in a number of places around the world in the past decades.

Read some history and educate yourself on how US presidents can launch attacks and no state of war is ever declared.