Twenty-seven cowards flew into and breached Taiwan airspace Wednesday..Let me repeat that. Twenty-seven cowards, piloting various military aircraft, breached Taiwan's airspace, in a dramatic show of force by the People's Liberation Army Air Force..All because US House Leader Nancy Pelosi decided to make a visit to the democratic island of 22 million people this week..Chinese leader Xi Jinping went ballistic — they see her as an enemy and she is. Pelosi is a China hawk, and it riles Beijing that she would dare carry out a state visit and rub it in their faces..In retaliation, the Chinese will hold military drills in quadrants surrounding the country, which China considers a rogue province that needs to be reined in..This, after threatening to shoot down Pelosi's plane, which was escorted by five F-15 Eagles, ready to mix it up if they had to..Meanwhile, US President Joe Biden sent in the USS Ronald Reagan strike force into the Taiwan Strait, raising fears of a confrontation..At least, that's how mainstream media and some of my colleagues see it. A Cuban missile crisis waiting to happen, with JFK and RFK not here to look after things..A frightening prospect on the surface of it..Playing down Biden's ability as president also feeds into the fear. I mean, let's face it, he's not exactly Ronnie Reagan..So, with all hell breaking loose in the South China Sea, you're probably wondering what the heck is going on, and if the world is on the brink, as some have told you..First off, as I said, these guys who flew into Taiwan's ADIZ yesterday, were all cowards..Why? Because they know nobody is going to be shooting at them or take them on in a dogfight to the death..They will all be assured of returning home, to a nice dinner and a warm bed at the end of the day — not to mention a nice big wide, friendly runway..Folks, China is good at "playing war," but they haven't seen any real action in decades. Nor do any of their leadership, none of which has proved themselves in any conflict..Paper tigers, that's all they are..And showing dramatic staged videos of their military forces during Pelosi's visit was a laugh on a par with the Three Stooges..Which reminds me, do you think there's a good reason why none of these cowards — none of them — faced off with the USS Reagan carrier force?.Nobody has buzzed the Reagan! Hmmm... I wonder why?.That's because they know what awaits them — US Navy pilots, among the best in the world, are just waiting, itching, to get up there and teach those pretenders a lesson..You wanna play tag? Bring it on ....PLAAF pilots don't have to worry about landing a jet fighter low on fuel, on a pitching carrier deck, at night in the South China Sea..During the Vietnam war, US pilots had it much tougher..One minute, having a great dinner and drinks on a carrier after a job well done ... another minute, parachuting into the jungle, being captured, roughed up and spending years in the infamous Hanoi Hilton..Two very distinctive possibilities..Do you think the US Navy needs to show artistically staged, warlike videos to the world, to show they are capable? LOL! Give me a break..Paper tigers. Nothing more, nothing less..If anything, this just proves that China doesn't have the balls ... they don't..Xi's dream is for China to become the No. 1 economy in the world, and, hate to say it, they are fast approaching that..Why would Xi want to give all that up, all that amazing progress, for the alternative. A deadly alternative..One US nuclear submarine could turn every major Chinese city into a burning cinder. In the time you have taken to read this far, those missiles would be halfway to their targets..Paper tigers..Do you want to know why we are standing up to these idiots? Let me tell you..In 2019, two brave Australian news correspondents got a knock on their door in the middle of the night in both Shanghai and Beijing..They had ignored warnings from DFAT, Australia's Department of Foreign Affairs, who got wind of what was going down..Sure enough, Chinese security officials were about to charge them under national security laws the next day. A virtual prison sentence, and not a nice one either..Thankfully, they had the good sense to go directly to the Aussie embassy, who held high level talks and got them off with just deportation..What had they done to deserve this? They reported the news, honestly and fairly..The Chinese also confiscated a pet dog, but the Aussies got the last laugh on that too ... smuggling "Huey" out of the country, where he now lives a free life in Tokyo..Google it, it's a great story..Folks, I don't know about you, but would you like to live in a country with no freedom of speech, no freedom of the press, no freedom of religion and no freedom of assembly?.However broken our world is, however bad our prime minister is (and yeah, he's bad), however bad the US president is ... I will take it over Chinese control of the world..This is about democracy vs. authoritarianism. Winner take all, loser, lose all..Which is why I am thankful for Gen. Mark Milley, and the other Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon, who have our backs. They know the Chinese can't be trusted..And by the way, Milley didn't just fall off a turnip truck, either..According to SOFREP, he was a brigade commander in Iraq and made his way up through open sewage in Abu Ghraib and was promoted to Colonel. He was known to have a decisive methodology..With a proven portfolio in battle, he is also good at finding common ground with different types of people. This is what made him both powerful and influential in his role as the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs..Nor does he have any illusions about Beijing or its ambitions..And we're not just talking about Taiwan. In just 60 days, multiple provocations happened mainly in the Asia Pacific Region..“The message is the Chinese military, in the air and at sea, have become significantly more and noticeably more aggressive,” Milley said recently..While it may not be a good thing to pull the dragon's tail, can we just sit back and be bullied? We only have to look at Ukraine to realize we can't afford to do nothing..In the grand scheme of things, Pelosi had every right to visit — contrary to what some media outlets like the New York Times were saying..In an op-ed, the Times called it "utterly reckless.".Words I would rather use to describe China's live-fire exercises around the island. That, my friends, is reckless and pointless..If anything, President Xi has shown us exactly why we have to stand up to him and his expansionist policies..And make no mistake, this is only Round One in a heavyweight bout, one of many to come..If you thought this was scary, just wait..We will soon find out, who stands for what.
