Cleo Pascal
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first heard Aug 2025
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So not only out of the Middle East, but also the Venezuela move was incredibly important for that.
So those are things that might help delay Chinese decision to go across the street.
But another is, you know, if they think that the American population isn't going to push for anything else, if they think they have
the sort of tools available to them in places like Guam, for example, to be able to cut off a US response and buy some time so that the media narrative warfare campaign can take root and make it an almost fait accompli, then you've got something that would benefit.
And also remember that the Chinese are, there's talk about, you know, having to bring massive amounts across the street, how difficult that would be.
They can fly in on commercial flights, large amounts of what's required.
And also the Chinese organized crime elements in key ports within Taiwan are basically controlling the port.
So who knows what's coming into the ports anyway?
So when you're looking at assessing Chinese capabilities already in Taiwan, it's not only essential to look at that fifth column element, but also the role of Chinese organized crime in undermining Taiwan's ability to respond.
And again, the key, I think, is going to be delaying, making things go dark, creating confusion, making it harder for the U.S.
political response to trigger a kinetic response that would force
force the Chinese to dislodge.
But that's once the decision to try to invade Taiwan is taken.
And that decision hopefully has been complicated by President Trump's forceful actions and unpredictability from a Chinese Communist Party calculations perspective.
Thank you.
Thank you for that question.
There's one thing that's very critical at the moment.
So we've talked about the three U.S.
freely associated states, Palau, Federated States of Micronesia, and Marshall Islands.
So these are this area of the Central Pacific between Hawaii and Guam and the Philippines.
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