Hello everyone. Welcome to another episode of Eyeson. I'm Andy Mulburn. I'm

Jason Lyons. I'm Dimitri Contagos. I'm the producer of Eyeson and the

Team House. We have a weird, not a weird one but an offbeat episode today about China and Taiwan.

I came across this video from the Wall Street Journal about a war game of what it would look like if China were to invade Taiwan and the next steps.

And I figured I have a military strategist here, supposedly.

We could take a look at this video and react to it add to it and see where it goes. So thank you guys

Yes, they say as Monty Python

as the Monty Python line goes now and now for something completely different and you know

obviously Taiwan and China not just looking in the background but center stage and perhaps increasingly so as the world turns to shit elsewhere and the topic close to my heart.

Just a very quick comment before we begin this, you know, let's say this is a certainly a credible war game run by the

run by CSIS and Mark Kansian the presenting it, not just because he is a retired Marine, is a, you know, a credible expert.

He would probably push against that title, but as close as it comes on China.

And I think we should welcome any war game scenario, even if we don't agree with the assumptions or the outcome simply because it has great minds such as ours and focused on this problem.

So yeah, let it roll. All right, great. What would happen if China invaded Taiwan?

What you're seeing are training drills performed by the Chinese and Taiwanese militaries. Both sides are preparing for a conflict which if it took place would likely include the US in some capacity.

Analysts say there are two causes for concern.

One is China's longstanding position that Taiwan is a part of China

and that it would seek reunification by force if necessary.

The other is its military buildup.

The gravity of a potential war has now become a commonplace discussion in the U.S. national security community

and raise questions about how a conflict would

unfold to answer those questions. I have a question here. Do you guys when you're at the

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