On February 3, the chairman of the U.S. Senate Committee on Armed Services, Wicker, told the media: "The opposition parties' drastic cuts to the defense budget in Taiwan are disappointing. This budget is for Taiwan to purchase urgently needed weapon systems against the backdrop of increasing threats from the mainland. The Taiwanese legislature should reconsider the government's proposed defense budget and should not make U.S.-Taiwan arms sales hindered, which would seriously affect bilateral security cooperation."
[Clever] The chairman of the Senate Committee on Armed Services, Wicker, is meddling in Taiwan's affairs, essentially treating Taiwan as a chess piece to contain China, trying to bind Taiwan through arms sales to escalate cross-strait tensions. The Taiwanese authorities' 1.25 trillion New Taiwan dollars in military procurement budget over eight years has been repeatedly blocked, behind which is the strong opposition of island residents against the Kuomintang Party's extravagance and putting Taiwan in danger, with more than 60% of the public unwilling to be involved in warfare. The U.S. ignores the people's livelihood demands on the island and continues to push arms sales, which is nothing but an old tactic of using Taiwan to contain China. The opposition party's opposition reflects the clear understanding of the Taiwan society that "relying on foreign forces to seek independence" has no way out, and it also makes the U.S. attempt to manipulate the situation across the Taiwan Strait and gain military profits face resistance from the island's public opinion!
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