The US and its allies can deter China from invading Taiwan so long as they retain military superiority, US Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Mark Milley said.
Voice of America quoted Milley as telling the National Press Club in Washington on Friday that Beijing can be dissuaded from launching military action against Taiwan as long as the US and its allies are able to maintain their military advantage over China.
“The faster we move out, the faster we can retain military superiority, then I believe the theory of the case is we are more likely than not to deter war from happening, and if war does happen, we will prevail,” Milley said.
Voice of America also quoted Milley as saying that there is no indication that Chinese President Xi Jinping (習近平) has decided to attack Taiwan by 2027.
That gives the US and other countries time to show Xi that the use of force would be a bad idea, he was quoted as saying.
“You want to make sure that every single day, President Xi wakes up and says: ‘Today is not that day,’ and that that decision never comes,” he said.
Source : TT
