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#Taiwan: Years behind delivering weapons to Taipei & What is to be done? Blaine Holt, retired air Force general who served as deputy military representative to NATO, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:

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🗓️ 18 January 2024

⏱️ 9 minutes

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#Taiwan: Years behind delivering weapons to Taipei & What is to be done?
Blaine Holt, retired air Force general who served as deputy military representative to NATO, @GordonGChang, Gatestone, Newsweek, The Hill:
https://www.wsj.com/world/delayed-u-s-weapons-raise-taiwans-vulnerability-to-invasion-d98c6635

1924 China Kuomintang

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0:44.0

China says threats of force over Taiwan not aimed at most Taiwanese.

0:49.0

This within days of the successful festive transparent election in Taiwan.

0:55.1

Gordon Chang, I've Gordon G. Chang, my colleague and co-host,

0:58.4

Gordon, the election last Saturday, East Coast time.

1:03.0

Any surprises to you, Gordon, the DPP,

1:05.9

firmly in power winning by 6.6%.

1:09.3

What did you see, Gordon?

1:11.9

John, I didn't know how this election would turn out. Gordon. William Lye of the Democratic Progressive Party was leading by about 5 to 6 percent in polls.

1:27.4

Now that came out very close to what it was and the actual election, but China ramped up its interference and I did not know how that would affect the outcome.

1:38.0

I am very, very pleased, Freedom had a great day and I have to say that it was a cliffhanger as far as I was concerned.

1:47.0

We welcome Blaine Holt retired Air Force General, served as Deputy Military Representative to NATO and our interpreter of information that is

1:56.4

alarming about the vulnerability of Taiwan given this new threat from the mainland China says threats of force over Taiwan not aimed at most

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