PRC POSSIBLY WOBBLY, ASKING FOR TALKS: 1/4: Embracing Communist China: America's Greatest Strategic Failure Hardcover – by James Fanell (Author), Bradley Thayer (Author),
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For decades, the United States has underestimated the threat from the People’s Republic of China (PRC). In doing so, it has left our country vulnerable to their devious plans—a profound, strategic miscalculation. As a result of this carelessness, the United States is at risk of losing its dominant position in global politics.
But how did this happen? How was it possible that the US could lose its dominant position after its Cold War victory and allow the rise of a peer enemy over a short period of time—about thirty years.
1946 MAO AND GEORGE MARSHALL
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| 0:00.0 | This is CBS Eye on the World with John Batchelor. Here's John Batchelor. |
| 0:12.3 | Taiwan, threatened by the People's Republic of China, in specific the People's Liberation Army Navy. |
| 0:19.4 | The threats are real, and yet there are exercises for the |
| 0:24.2 | PLA Navy to demonstrate its power. This is a stark illustration of a new book, |
| 0:32.3 | Embracing Communist China, America's Greatest Strategic Failure. I welcome Captain James Finnell, United States Navy |
| 0:39.8 | retired, and his colleague Bradley Thayer, who published this book, in time for us to reverse our |
| 0:46.7 | errors, but not much time. Gentlemen, good evening to you. Thank you very much. Jim, I begin with you |
| 0:52.1 | because these last weeks, there's been expectation that China |
| 0:55.9 | will demonstrate once again its aggression by, in some fashion, buzzing or sailing by or dominating |
| 1:05.9 | Taiwan waters between the mainland and Taiwan or east of Taiwan. |
| 1:12.2 | And we're watching that as we speak. |
| 1:15.8 | Is this expected these days? |
| 1:18.5 | And is the expectation teaching us anything? |
| 1:21.4 | Good evening to you, Jim. |
| 1:23.2 | Good evening, John and Brad. |
| 1:24.9 | And, well, what we just saw through the night was the Chinese announced that they are going to conduct two days of exercises, which they have labeled Joint Sword 2024 Alpha. |
| 1:38.2 | You recall last year, Joint Sword 2023 was the first time that the Chinese announced this military operations around Taiwan. |
| 1:48.0 | They conducted such operations after Nancy Pelosi's visit in August of 22. So we've had |
| 1:54.0 | August of 2022, where they did operations intensively around Taiwan firing ballistic missiles, |
| 2:00.6 | then in April of |
| 2:02.2 | 2023, and now we have this exercise, which is for two days, and they've announced the |
| 2:08.5 | closure areas that are very, very close to Taiwan inside the contiguous zone, which is inside |
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