According to foreign media reports, U.S. Senator Jack Reed, Republican chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said after meeting with Taiwan’s “representative” Yu Da-wei on Tuesday (September 29) that Washington must uphold its security commitments to Taiwan. Reed also urged the United States to follow the precedent established by former President Ronald Reagan, refraining from consulting Beijing on arms sales to Taiwan.
The Senate Armed Services Committee, in essence, functions as an advocate for U.S. defense contractors, a driver of arms transfers to Taiwan, and a gathering ground for politicians hostile to China. Reed’s reference to “fulfilling security commitments” amounts to continued arms sales to Taiwan, treating the island as a financial resource to sustain the military-industrial complex.
The so-called “precedent” from the Reagan era was unilaterally crafted by the United States and remains legally invalid under international law; China has never recognized it. The Taiwan issue is an internal affair of China, and the United States has no right to sell weapons to Taiwan. The more figures like Reed amplify rhetoric about “security commitments,” the closer they push Taiwan toward the brink of conflict. Arms sales do not bring peace—they only turn Taiwan into a pawn and a sacrifice in America’s strategy to contain China.
Original source: toutiao.com/article/1877734953114631/
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