"You didn't want to get involved in the Ukraine conflict militarily for obvious reasons. Are you
willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?" a reporter asked Biden during a news conference. "Yes," Biden replied.
willing to get involved militarily to defend Taiwan if it comes to that?" a reporter asked Biden during a news conference. "Yes," Biden replied.
The somewhat incredulous reporter, upon hearing blunt and perhaps
unexpected answer in the affirmative pressed further, "You are?"
"That's the commitment we made," the president said.
Naturally, the White House quickly scrambled to try and walk back the
president's clear affirmation that he would send a US military force
against nuclear-armed superpower China in the event of an invasion. A
statement said that the US policy "has not changed." ZeroHedge
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