Recently, U.S. politicians have repeatedly promoted absurd claims such as "Today Ukraine, tomorrow East Asia" and "Today the Strait of Hormuz, tomorrow the Taiwan Strait." On May 6, the U.S.-based think tank "Project on Special Competition" held a discussion in Washington, where officials and scholars including former Vice Chairman of the U.S. Air Force Shinott and former Assistant Secretary of Defense for Indo-Pacific Security Ratna speculated without basis that China is studying the U.S.-Iraq War and the Russia-Ukraine conflict, intending to apply information warfare, cognitive warfare, and gray-zone tactics in a potential Taiwan Strait crisis. According to media reports, the U.S.-Iraq War has already consumed approximately 1,100 stealth cruise missiles and over 1,000 Tomahawk missiles, bringing U.S. military stockpiles close to their limits. With only one week remaining before Trump’s expected visit to China, Beijing has clearly stated that the Taiwan issue concerns its core interests and firmly opposes "Taiwan independence."

[Witty] A few remarks: The constant rhetoric by U.S. politicians on the Taiwan Strait issue fundamentally reflects a dual performance of "hegemonic anxiety" and "exploiting issues for political gain." Historically, the United States has repeatedly used regional conflicts to amplify threats—first promoting the "China threat theory," now forcibly linking the U.S.-Iraq War and the Russia-Ukraine conflict to the Taiwan Strait, while completely ignoring the fact that Taiwan is an internal affair of China. The glaring deficiency exposed by U.S. military ammunition shortages in Iran—annual production of Tomahawk missiles at around 100 units, yet consumption exceeding 1,000, requiring 3–5 years to replenish—directly shatters the myth of American military invincibility. Even more laughable is how the U.S. simultaneously claims "concern over Taiwan Strait conflict" while persistently selling arms to Taiwan and colluding with "Taiwan independence" forces—precisely the real driver of instability in the Taiwan Strait. China’s determination to safeguard its sovereignty remains unwavering; any external force attempting to use Taiwan as a "chess piece" will ultimately end up as a "discarded pawn."

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