Re: [Salon] Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion

To: Chas Freeman <cwfresidence@gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [Salon] Biden says U.S. forces would defend Taiwan in the event of a Chinese invasion
From: Helena Cobban <hcobban@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2022 11:06:56 -0400
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Biden said "if there were an unprecedented [Chinese] attack..." That makes no sense. If there is any outright attack, the scale (but historically, not the fact) of it would necessarily be unprecedented. Did he mean "premeditated"? Or what?

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On Sun, Sep 18, 2022 at 8:38 PM Chas Freeman via Salon <salon@listserve.com> wrote:

https://www.reuters.com/world/biden-says-us-forces-would-defend-taiwan-event-chinese-invasion-2022-09-18/
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