U.S. will instruct Taiwan not to fire first during a Chinese invasion
Dmitri Alperovitch · He Predicted Putin's Invasion. Now He Predicts When China Will Invade Taiwan. · Joe Lonsdale · Aug 22, 2024 · at 30:52
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Dmitri Alperovitch and Joe Lonsdale discuss the strategic dilemmas facing Taiwan and the US during a potential Chinese mobilization.
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“And Taiwan can't fire first. In fact, we will tell them that you can't fire first on the Chinese because you don't want to be the one that will quote unquote provoke the war.”
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