Thursday, April 1, 2021

Australia And The U.S. Discuss 'Contingency' Plans Over A Possible Taiwan Conflict

USS Wasp (LHD-1) at the Port of Brisbane, Army Maj. Gen. Roger Noble, deputy chief of Joint Operations (left) and Rear Adm. Fred Kacher, commander, Expeditionary Strike Group 7 (right) begin the closing ceremony for Exercise Talisman Sabre on July 27, 2019. US Army Photo 


A senior American diplomat says Australia and the United States are discussing contingency plans in case a military conflict erupts over Taiwan.

The US embassy's most senior diplomat currently posted to Australia, Michael Goldman, has also praised Australia for standing up to China's "economic coercion" during the past year. 

"We have enormous respect for what Australia's done over the past year, in calling for a COVID investigation, in standing up to economic coercion, and I should say in the course of that proving that your economy is much more resilient in terms of your markets than you may have anticipated," he said. 


WNU Editor: The U.S. and Australia are not the only ones discussing contingency plans.  I am willing to bet that every country in Asia are in the middle of having discussions, and making preparations. 

9 comments:

  1. If Taiwan pops, Ukraine pops.

    Two fronts. The allies will choose the Pacific first over the Atlantic. The only reason they would not is cowardice or fear of gains beyond Taiwan.

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  2. Nows the time for China & Russia to make moves while a President with dimentia is in the White House. They've got 4 years before Trump is back in. Keep ducking 🙉

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  3. The west will not intervene in Taiwan.

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  4. Just invasion from South and east china will fall

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  5. I will be general commander in chief

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  6. Sabotage it's ports all of them and water pipes

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