American forces to be permanently deployed on Taiwan

[farmgirl]

[farmgirl]

www.google.com/amp/s/bnnbreaking.com/conflict-defence/military/us-green-berets-establish-permanent-presence-in-taiwan-enhancing-defense-training

US Green Berets Establish Permanent Presence in Taiwan, Enhancing Defense Training

[Ozarks Tom]

I thought we already had people there. Not that it'll matter when the CCP decided to invade.

[farmgirl]

[farmgirl]

There are some things the general public doesn't need to know.

[farmrbrown]

Mar 3, 2024 0:47:10 GMT Ozarks Tom said:

I thought we already had people there. Not that it'll matter when the CCP decided to invade.

Not since 1979.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Taiwan_Defense_Command#:~:text=On%201%20January%201979%2C%20the,Taiwan%20on%2026%20April%201979.

The United States Taiwan Defense Command (USTDC; Chinese: 美軍協防台灣司令部) was a sub-unified command of the United States Armed Forces operating in Taiwan from December 1954 to April 1979.


The United States Taiwan Defense Command was originally formed as the Formosa Liaison Center (founded in 1955 after the signature of the Sino-American Mutual Defense Treaty of December 1954 and the First Taiwan Strait Crisis of Sept. 1954). In November 1955, the FLC became the Taiwan Defense Command. The command reported directly to the Commander-in-Chief Pacific (CINCPAC). The command was composed of personnel from all branches of the U.S. armed forces and had its headquarters in Taipei. The first commander of the USTDC was Alfred M. Pride, Commander, U.S. Seventh Fleet.
When the Korean War broke out in 1950, the United States Seventh Fleet routinely patrolled the Taiwan Strait until the establishment of diplomatic relations between the United States and People's Republic of China in 1979.



As of 30 September 1978 (the end of the fiscal year), the number of US troops stationed in Taiwan was 753. According to the number of services, they were 357 in the Air Force, 209 in the Navy, 176 in the Army, and 11 in the Marine Corps.
On 1 January 1979, the United States and the People's Republic of China established diplomatic relations.
On 1 March 1979, the Military Assistance Advisory Group, Taiwan was dissolved, the last commander, Colonel Hadley N. Thompson, depart Taiwan on 26 April 1979.


The Command held its final flag retreat ceremony during the afternoon of 26 April 1979. Rear Admiral James B. Linder was the last USTDC commander to depart Taiwan on 28 April 1979, and the last U.S. soldier left Taiwan on 3 May 1979.


The former site of the USTDC headquarters became the Taipei Fine Arts Museum in 1983.

Of course that doesn't mean that we don't have a LOT of bases that are pretty darn close to it.

crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/R/R47589

Introduction
Encompassing the seas, islands, and littoral areas of the Pacific and Indian Oceans between the western coast of North America and India (see Figure 1), the Indo-Pacific region hosts more than
1
Given the role of defense infrastructure in undergirding U.S. military presence and power projection in the region, Congress has devoted considerable attention to Indo-Pacific defense infrastructure issues, and may choose to do so in the future. This report
• defines the fundamental elements of infrastructure policy and basing posture;
• describes the historical development of Indo-Pacific defense infrastructure;
• characterizes the strategic and operational roles of Indo-Pacific defense sites;
• describes the current U.S. basing posture in Alaska, Washington, California, Hawaii, Wake Island, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, the Marshall Islands, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the Philippines, Singapore, Australia, and the British Indian Ocean Territory (Diego Garcia); and
• analyzes selected issues for congressional consideration.4
375,000 U.S. military personnel using at least 66 distinct defense sites.
Security Strategy describes the Indo-Pacific as the “epicenter of 21st century geopolitics,” and the 2022 National Defense Strategy identifies attempts by the People’s Republic of China (PRC) to “refashion the Indo-Pacific region” as part of “the most comprehensive and serious challenge to U.S. national security.”2 Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has described Indo-Pacific defense infrastructure as “provid[ing] us with the ability to position our troops forward in theater, so that we can deter much further forward.”3

[farmrbrown]

Mar 3, 2024 20:05:49 GMT farmgirl said:

There are some things the general public doesn't need to know.

That's certainly one point of view.
However I've noticed when it come time for the IRS to collect the money to pay for all the gov't's activities, they have a much broader policy of "inclusiveness".

[farmgirl]

Mar 4, 2024 1:14:49 GMT farmrbrown said:

Mar 3, 2024 20:05:49 GMT farmgirl said:

There are some things the general public doesn't need to know.

That's certainly one point of view.
However I've noticed when it come time for the IRS to collect the money to pay for all the gov't's activities, they have a much broader policy of "inclusiveness".

When it's the lives of our military at stake, we don't need to know. I wasn't discussing the IRS.

[farmrbrown]

Mar 4, 2024 15:21:18 GMT farmgirl said:

Mar 4, 2024 1:14:49 GMT farmrbrown said:

That's certainly one point of view.
However I've noticed when it come time for the IRS to collect the money to pay for all the gov't's activities, they have a much broader policy of "inclusiveness".

When it's the lives of our military at stake, we don't need to know. I wasn't discussing the IRS.

Unless those soldiers are volunteering pro bono and everything they're using was donated, the funds making all that possible are collected for the most part, by the IRS every year, continuously since 1862.

www.irs.gov/irs-history-timeline

Now don't get me wrong, I understand what you're saying and tend to agree that not everybody has the good sense to keep their mouth shut when it comes to sensitive information. That's why they have the 'Gang of 12' (IIRC) in Congress with 6 members of the House and 6 Senators with security clearance that get briefed on those matters that can't be revealed to the general public. The idea is, that those people were elected by us and stand in our place to make sure everything IS kosher, so to speak.
I was only asking you to understand how that statement sounds when you bring it down to a personal level.
For instance, let's say I went around asking people for $1,000 a year and told them I was spending it on something necessary and good that we all needed. But if they asked me for specifics about where their money was going, all I said was, "None of your business."
That probably explains why they don't "ask" you to pay taxes, they just take'em. lol

[sunny225]

ALL TAXATION IS THEFT whatever they are doing with it.