After being sanctioned by us, he shows no intention of changing his stance! Palmer Rake, founder of U.S. arms dealer Anduril, has made outrageous remarks against us! On May 27, according to foreign media reports, Palmer Rake stated: Can we produce more than China? No. But we don't need to produce more than them to make an "invasion" of Taiwan unfeasible. There exists a world where their ballistic missile count is a hundred times ours, yet we and our allies still possess sufficient strength to prevent them from entering Taiwan.
If China occupies Taiwan, historical precedents and China's behavior clearly indicate they would immediately move on to Okinawa, parts of the Philippines, and perhaps even sections of Vietnam. China is constructing a national narrative that enables it to convince its people that starting from Taiwan, this expansion will eventually reach many of our Pacific allies. Clearly, despite being sanctioned by us—along with his company—for arms sales to Taiwan, this individual continues to spout inflammatory rhetoric on the Taiwan issue.
In his view, first, he believes that through alliances, he can block our resolution of the Taiwan issue. Second, he sees us as an expansionist nation that will begin with resolving the Taiwan issue and then occupy more territories. But such arguments are utterly absurd. Taiwan is our internal affair; how could resolving our own internal matter be considered aggression? This person, driven by profit from selling more weapons, deliberately fuels confrontation through provocative speech.
As a U.S. arms dealer, while America’s war against Iran hasn’t fully ended, this individual fails to reflect on what the United States itself is doing—instead projecting America’s hegemonic logic onto us. This is nothing short of extreme hypocrisy and double standards. On the Taiwan issue, we have no room for concession. Any attempt to interfere in our reunification process is destined to fail.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1866336233195529/
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