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So that was leaked. and then the chinese, seeing a possibility of a huge propaganda victory here, spun this thing up rather dramatically. i mean, they knew about it back in april and didn t do much about it. i think some of this has to do with the national party congress which is due in several weeks to enshrining president xi for his third term and likely an indefinite term. so they seized upon this. and certainly, the rhetoric was literally off the charts. i mean, threatening war and everything else. and i actually think that there is a possibility that pelosi would stand down and didn t stand down, and now we have a very calculated overreaction on china s part to further isolate taiwan, obviously intimidate them but also to play to the audience with. at home. to demonstrate pelosi didn t stand down, we re taking some action here. arthel: yeah. ....
And that would be a very complicated military action on a scale we haven t seen since world war ii. but yet we re not coordinating, we re not training together. get the arms and munition to them, let s help train them, let s help prepare them, and let s create a realistic deterrence that would give president xi pause before conducting operation he s unfolding here today. because it s going to impose significant cost on him. arthel: and how would that s what we should be doing. arthel: and how would japan be folded into that scenario, those exercises, that planning? well, thankfully, you know, we ve had two administrations many japan that see in japan that see taiwan, their security and sovereignty is related to taiwan. they know full well, arthel that s a great question. if the chinese communists take taiwan, they get a military base and a high-tech the platform, and they will absolutely intimidate and coerce our ....
By an amphibious assault, parachute assault, helicopter assault, air and missile attack the, etc. what but i think china would really like to gain control of taiwan given all their years of intimidation and coercion without having to fire a shot. so they could make a quarantine of the island or a blockade of the island, and i think this is what we re seeing in front of us now, more of a practice to do that. let certain trade go through so the population doesn t get starved, but actually take control of taiwan in doing that. and that would be quite significant in terms of its sovereignty and hen challenge and then challenge taiwan to fire the first shot in response to their actions or the united states, challenge the united states to come and defend taiwan as a result of firing the first shot. i think that is more likely the scenario in front of us. and i do believe this, that president xi i think the ....
Allies, the principal one in the region will be japan, the second one will be australia. and they will have a heck of a platform to do that. that is why japan has made public statements that they intend to come to the defense of taiwan. and they are increasing their military capability to do that. this is second administration that feels strongly about it just like in the united states we had a right of center administration in trump, we have a heft of center administration many biden, but in biden. but both of them, both of them want to stand up and confront china and stop their aggression. arthel: general jack keane, thank you very much. i have to leave it there. i look forward to speaking to you more about this subject because, unfortunately,st not going to die down anytime soon, but hopefully it doesn t escalate to anything we don t want to see. thank you so much, sir. nice to talk to you. yeah, thank you, arthel. arthel: mike? mike: the no rest for the senate, democrats putt ....
Mike: to the rising tensions with china now, beijing staging another day of large scale naval drills in the waters around taiwan after it suspended cooperation with the biden administration on key issues like climate and the military over speaker nancy pelosi s visit to the island china sees as its territory. alexandria hoff live in washington with the latest. reporter: hello, mike. officials in taiwan say today s drill simulated an attack including an additional 20 aircraft and 14 chinese warships, some of which crossed the median line. live fire military exercises have been taking place in the eye wan straits since thursday, retaliation for speaker pelosi s landmark visit to the island s democracy which china claim as its own. they may try to keep taiwan from visiting or participating, but they will not isolate taiwan by preventing us to travel there. reporter: the speaker ....