American Special Operators Deploy to Taiwan

[@Taskandpurpose]

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[@Bruce-8148]

Hi Kappy. Hope we help the Taiwanese. D.C. missed an opportunity to help them originally before the CCP took over China. Love your content.

[@rustyudder]

This is a good service actually.

[@amalchakrabarti2357]

china knows they could not deter an American intervention by sinking one or 2 carrier groups . Thats could work against india or u,k not against usa . if they would sink all 400 American navy ships still then the ship yards in mainland usa would be intact .Thats why just like gen g.d bakshi is also believing that China could open the actual front in Europe wih Russia .May be China do not have any means to defeat USA in a naval battle but USA don't have any chance to defeat china in a land battle .ukraine war have already shown that in case of absense of air superiority numbers and social acceptability of war causalities would be most important to sustain any big war in future .When it comes to number then the clear advantage is with China ,Russia ,north korea nexus because their combined of soldiers would be around 80 lakh compare to the 10 lakh of nato .When it compare to social acceptability of casualties then according to the historians belive at least 30 lakh people have been killed because of maos action .Maos agricultural experiments caused great famine of china which killed almost 55 million people.10 time more than Jewish holocaust .On the other hand usa took back its troops from Afghanistan under public pressure only after losing 2000 soldiers in 20 years. Berring channel between Russia and USA is the only from where any actual attack against mainland Usa is possible

[@amalchakrabarti2357]

china knows they could not deter an American intervention by sinking one or 2 carrier groups . Thats could work against india or u,k not against usa . if they would sink all 400 American navy ships still then the ship yards in mainland usa would be intact .Thats why just like gen g.d bakshi is also believing that China could open the actual front in Europe wih Russia .May be China do not have any means to defeat USA in a naval battle but USA don't have any chance to defeat china in a land battle .ukraine war have already shown that in case of absense of air superiority numbers and social acceptability of war causalities would be most important to sustain any big war in future .When it comes to number then the clear advantage is with China ,Russia ,north korea nexus because their combined of soldiers would be around 80 lakh compare to the 10 lakh of nato .When it compare to social acceptability of casualties then according to the historians belive at least 30 lakh people have been killed because of maos action .Maos agricultural experiments caused great famine of china which killed almost 55 million people.10 time more than Jewish holocaust .On the other hand usa took back its troops from Afghanistan under public pressure only after losing 2000 soldiers in 20 years. Berring channel between Russia and USA is the only from where any actual attack against mainland Usa is possible

[@amalchakrabarti2357]

china knows they could not deter an American intervention by sinking one or 2 carrier groups . Thats could work against india or u,k not against usa . if they would sink all 400 American navy ships still then the ship yards in mainland usa would be intact .Thats why just like gen g.d bakshi is also believing that China could open the actual front in Europe wih Russia .May be China do not have any means to defeat USA in a naval battle but USA don't have any chance to defeat china in a land battle .ukraine war have already shown that in case of absense of air superiority numbers and social acceptability of war causalities would be most important to sustain any big war in future .When it comes to number then the clear advantage is with China ,Russia ,north korea nexus because their combined of soldiers would be around 80 lakh compare to the 10 lakh of nato .When it compare to social acceptability of casualties then according to the historians belive at least 30 lakh people have been killed because of maos action .Maos agricultural experiments caused great famine of china which killed almost 55 million people.10 time more than Jewish holocaust .On the other hand usa took back its troops from Afghanistan under public pressure only after losing 2000 soldiers in 20 years. Berring channel between Russia and USA is the only from where any actual attack against mainland Usa is possible

[@Johnzen03]

West Taiwan is going to be super mad at this.

[@junyuanma4243]

No. US special forces need the whole US military system to support their operation. Taiwan is under mainland China's system, because it is only 200km away. US military special forces are not Captain America. Review how those mighty NATO soldiers ended up in Ukraine.

[@secmydom]

🤣

[@sundae7317]

​@@junyuanma4243 Taiwan is not under China's system, they have their own independent government and military. And the "NATO soldiers in Ukraine" ended up just fine.

[@ttrestle]

@@junyuanma4243/woosh

[@BboyVReck]

​@junyuanma4243 that like saying Cuba is under US system because 146 km apart lol

[@allgrainbrewer10]

The general denied there was a PERMANENT base, not that there is currently a base.

[@clearz3600]

As stated in the video the idea is to create ambiguity which is what the general was doing here.

[@KamBar2020]

Slava TSMC 🇹🇼 Geroyam TAIWANese 💪

[@Handle1969]

@@KamBar2020How come the translation lookS the same as the original. Oh, well. Slava Geroinam TY ONE ON…

[@Nikowalker007]

It’s a semi permanent 😅

[@whosonfirst1309]

@@Handle1969lol

[@nedks11]

I like how professional this chap is and understands the inherent costs to war and doesn’t act like a warmonger

[@Ma_nerd]

Only soldiers who have seen war are honest about asking for peace.

[@Taskandpurpose]

I've seen war on a tiny scale in Iraq , and even that was god awful. I can only imagine what it would mean on a scale between the US and China. I hope to god we can avoid it.

[@jontan-dt3qv]

Does he run the United States of warmongerism? War in Iraq is just one out of twenty,thirty wars that America brainwashed and convinced the American populace to go along with and support, believe me it's not that difficult to convince them again... If American public can prevent another war or proxy war from happening with their freedom of speech or democracy, and end the endless cycle of death and destruction of the last 80 years once and for all, I'll bow down and admit I was wrong on all counts and america is possibly the greatest system in the world. But as it is this channel is not only propaganda but an apologists trying to rationalize and portray america like as though she is some bloodless saint and everyone else is actually the warmonger....lol

[@jontan-dt3qv]

Does he run the United States of warmongerism? This is but one of twenty or thirty wars america has convinced and brainwashed the American public so easily that its absolutely vital and they must go along with it and support it .... And u can add Ukraine the newest latest entry to it and Taiwan if it actually happens. A pointless geopolitical proxy war that could have been deescalated and negotiated right in the first few months of the war with Putin and 97 percent of Ukraine would still have been intact and half a million lives saved,but thank God Boris Johnson and US intercepted and told him not to negotiate and instead keep fighting and america will send more weapons.mind boggling u think this is a country that is truly standing for humanity and peace and values ur human lives just like they value the lives of western nations and western European countries......if this was Germany or France fighting and dieing in the war u can be sure they would be calling for ceasefire and negotiations immediately. I believe there will be more wars and it won't be hard to convince the American public to go along once again like so many times before in the past 80 years.

[@ibn-khaldun-al-hadrami]

@@Taskandpurpose yeah, but you're pretty pro-Israel, ironic you say that you think war is awful, but support Israel in it's blatant disregard for international law(that you haven't mentioned much in your videos).

[@JonnoPlays]

The USA can not allow the chip manufacturer TSM to become taken over by China. We rely on these chips for all our military equipment. We all saw the way the American car market was disrupted when they couldn't get access to these chips for vehicle production. The military has the exact same problem. It's why we are building TSM an American chip manufacturing plant even though they are not a USA company. Look into that deal for some real interesting wheeling and dealing. The fact that we even accepted that deal shows how reliant we are on those chips.

[@camu9721]

TSM is an American company, if you look at the share holder made up, we just have the Taiwanese running it, it just so happen that the east Asian engineers don't mind working over time and long hours.

[@ActuallyJamie]

That's why we have chip factories now setup in the US "just in case" which tells me they expect China to take it over

[@jimtalbott9535]

@@ActuallyJamieIt tells me that it’s an unknown, rather than something certain at this point. But it also says that it’s viewed as “possible”, hence the factory build.

[@JonnoPlays]

TSM is an ADR or American Depositary Receipts which is how you can buy shares of a non-US based company on the American stock exchange.

[@JonnoPlays]

​@@ActuallyJamiethey are not now setup they are in the process of building them.

[@jimmcfarland9318]

The US needs to rebuild its industrial base, regardless of these other important issues.

[@ajosralastname7823]

They are, it takes years of build up

[@Bob-m6u]

Absolutely! Stop giving away our tax money to foreign countries. We need the money to rebuild our infrastructure. Besides, our stupid govt is over a trillion dollars in debt.

[@MiguelDLewis]

That requires cheap oil from somewhere other than Russia, Iran, or Afghanistan.

[@jimmcfarland9318]

@@MiguelDLewis We didn't get oil from Afghanistan - though it is rich with rare earth minerals.

[@bencarlyle2155]

We are producing more oil domestically than we ever have, it's the refining limitations that we need other countries for. They ain't got no e.p.a. We can't refine what we produce ( as far as oil) Couldn't agree more on the need for a naval buildup. We should scrap sentinel (cost overruns on infrastructure) And start building more subs. Akus can't wait until 2035 (or later). We can't pump out one boat a year and expect to keep pace with the ever expanding capabilities of the p.l.a. forces. For me ,I hope an alien force unites humanity together on this pale blue dot. Go team humanity ... F illegal aliens.

[@bobagowoof]

They’re permanently rotational

[@jern_huang]

My grandpa served as an officer in R.O.C​ MP passed away on Sunday at the age of 97. He fought in Kinmen Island before. If PLA invaded us again, I'll be there defending our country just like he used to 🇹🇼

[@davidbrenner5806]

Because you are a native i have to ask what your opinion on all this is. How do you view the US and how do you view China. How independent is Taiwan from china?

[@craigcrawford6749]

Taiwan is a completely independent country. Democratically elected president, independent military. China has zero administrative or any other influence or control​@@davidbrenner5806

[@gunter-s1x]

感謝台灣同胞-香港人

[@swiftler]

Hmmm…when is Taiwan a country?! Go read your constitution before you spill out your ideology.

[@wuhaninstituteofvirology5226]

Mine also served the KMT from the very beginning during Qing to Taiwan, and I am also waiting to defend ROC.🇹🇼

[@Model_Student]

“Permanently” deployed doesn’t mean non-rotational. It means that a certain amount of force maintains a continuous presence. On other words, rotating personnel can still make up a permanent troop deployment.

[@Taskandpurpose]

apps.dtic.mil/sti/pdfs/AD1056845.pdf here's a publication that explains it well. there are "rotational" "home stastions" "forward deployed" "mobilizations" and "permanent bases" they all are important distinctions and have different legal classifications.

[@silentstormstudio4782]

You can imagine it like Chinese military near mexiican border for "peace" keeping mission.

[@redeyedmongoose2963]

@@silentstormstudio4782 really

[@Charles-k9g5y]

Isn’t that what he said.

[@merchant_of_kek5697]

@@silentstormstudio4782correct just minus the constant pressure west Taiwan puts on Taiwan. Oh and the complete lack of seeing them as a different people.

[@kartd0092661]

I am a Taiwanese and served in the military, there’s 100% US military personnel stationed in Taiwan, though not personally, a lot of the people I know trained along side US special forces. It’s a really badly kept secret among the Taiwan military.

[@Dutchwheelchair]

what do the people think about all of this? Thats something that not mentioned very much

[@busterscruggs3031]

I don't think the fact that it's a badly kept secret isn't on purpose. China knowing the us is there and training it's Taiwanese brothers and sisters is a major deterrent.

[@squidwardo7074]

@@Dutchwheelchair i'd like to know as well.

[@tritium1998]

​@@busterscruggs3031 Why? They'd just be seen as separatists on Chinese territory, and If the rest of America got involved for them then it would make the rest of America a target.

[@JonathanDickson-w2g]

Problem is what if nuclear war kicks off because we're pertecting twian from China is it worth millions of inacent Americans lives to do so y not just walk away is it worth it somebody in comments answer this because I say no not all

[@Hitjuich]

Whats up with the audio at 17:23 - 17:30?

[@smartaIec]

He forgot to click and drag the timeline lmao

[@NewkFritz]

​@@smartaIechis editor got sleepy

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

What's up with the reversed flags at 7:03?

[@beeble80]

Nah dudes, the ketamine is just kicking in.

[@Mumbamumba]

It's weird.

[@DFEUERMAN]

Worth noting Taiwan has mandatory military service. I had a Taiwanese boss who was a pharmacist and served as an officer in their Navy. (his favorite part of his service was playing golf)

[@ld8593]

🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼🇹🇼Taiwan mentioned 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

[@Perhapsawiseman]

Pretty sure they’ve already been there for a while….

[@TeachMeHow2Douglas]

Sshhh...

[@borisreljanovic7292]

They say "40" to "200" people....I say atlest 2,500-3000 people.

[@NixsonJr]

​@@borisreljanovic7292 and you be wrong

[@Ekdrink]

@@borisreljanovic7292Asian American sleeper cell go crazy

[@borisreljanovic7292]

@@NixsonJr I diagree...they have already atleast 4 bases in Taiwan and outlining. You won"t here a lot about this things in public.

[@RonJohn63]

0:52 "there is no *permanent* stationing of US forces there." Meaning that they're _temporarily_ there.

[@surlyogre1476]

That's the _rotational_ part.

[@KamBar2020]

Never Say NEVER 😎 Justin Bieber

[@shotguncamping]

Yeah, they're permanently there temporarily. Until West Taiwan stops being not West Taiwan

[@RonJohn63]

@@surlyogre1476 sure. Or they're there until the "train the Taiwanese" mission is over.

[@SpartanLawyer]

"Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program." --- Milton Friedman

[@complicatedworld7907]

Kinmen base might be too risky. We all know if a war broke out, Kinmen defense would be overwhelmed quickly no matter how much of Taiwan's limited resource deployed there.

[@MicroCaletus]

Kinmen is historically chinese as well.

[@icebaby6714]

China has no intention to take offshore islands but Taiwan...believe or not the residents of Kinmen Islands have close relationship with mainland China and the drinking water is supplied by China. Many of them have relatives in China and bought properties in the city of Xiamen in China just opposite Kinmen islands.

[@JumboCod91]

@@MicroCaletus China is Historically Chinese as well, but it's currently under occupation by the communist bandits.

[@MicroCaletus]

@@icebaby6714 bro they all in China how . How can they have relatives in China when they is in China

[@galenbywater2936]

Very astute commentary. You seem to know a lot about the subject. Thanks for your service.

[@huaigong8757]

I can confirm my unit cycled through 3 weeks of training in Taiwan in a permanent non US base 20 years ago.

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

What country are you from?

[@David_Kan]

@@rebeccaaldrich3396 Most likely Singapore as there is an agreement that allows them to train troops in Taiwan.

[@rebeccaaldrich3396]

@@David_Kan thanks

[@skezer04]

17:22 bit of a sound thingy here.

[@Cyber-Roaming]

17:20, big oof by the editor. Didnt understand anything for about 5 seconds XD Top quality outside of that

[@Taskandpurpose]

I just fixed it in the back end with the youtube editor feature. that was my mistake not the editors : x I was adding new sections in this morning on my own.

[@Cyber-Roaming]

@@Taskandpurpose lol on your own?! Brb Ima go have a word with your handler.

[@navb0tactual]

Lmaooo

[@robertzurita467]

Nine hours later and it's still there​@@Taskandpurpose

[@RLPGRIM]

Always so interesting

[@lalaboiz]

Admiral said no 'permanent'~ so no PCS just TDY. LOL!

[@FarmerDrew]

We need to do the same thing with the Philippines EEZ. Put a new "Trader" vessel full time.

[@Ma_nerd]

A "trader" vessel that just happen to have fireworks on it. Big ass fireworks.

[@FarmerDrew]

@@Ma_nerd hey, Asia invented fireworks afterall

[@tritium1998]

Its US boss doesn't believe in the law of EEZ, or even whoever's territorial claims including the ROC's in the South China Sea.

[@mikelreese5965]

Awesome historic breakdown. Loved this context, great information.

[@rogeralien]

this is a detailed review with documents and articles! Thank you for covering this!

[@Michaelw777.52]

Very interesting analysis. Thanks.

[@deschain1910]

When I first saw the headline, my immediate reaction was that it could just be a misunderstanding of what was said. USSF building a permanent base doesn't necessarily mean they're building a permanent base for them to permanently station at. They help build stuff all the time, especially when working with local forces.

[@PresidentPlayback]

Solid analysis as always, had to 1.5 it before work and found it to be a good pace.

[@dirtysink373]

If we’ve learned anything from Russia, it is that red lines of these bullies are not as red as they claim them to be

[@sogerc1]

The CCP would very angrily attack the open sea!

[@StroalOutdoors]

@@sogerc1 lmao they are a paper tiger, all bark no bite. They've threatened the US over and over, and never once backed it up.

[@Wyi-the-rogue]

Yeah, they’d hit the ocean sea real hard. Because they can’t manage to hit the boats on top of it

[@NixsonJr]

Calling 🇨🇳 and 🇷🇺 bullies pff

[@NadeemAhmed-nv2br]

Except that when violated, china track record is that they've always hit unlike Russia

[@MegaDrain]

10:54 What a weird thing for someone like him to say. He's surprised soldiers train almost everyday? Shocker.

[@JustThatOneRandomGuy]

Fun fact: Kinmen is also home to the Army Frogmen (in taiwan there’s the marine and there’s army frogmen) and their sole purpose is to conduct unconventional warfare against China. On their last day of training, they have to crawl, fall, and grind their way through a path of coral reefs while instructors spray saltwater on them and forcing them to redo it.

[@MicroCaletus]

Kinmen is a chinese Island

[@JustThatOneRandomGuy]

@@MicroCaletus it’s under ROC, Taiwan, control bro

[@banjiman9869]

​@@MicroCaletus Yes, real China.

[@mesiroy1234]

‏‪0:59‬‏ but what if Hear Me out The gernal lied? 😮😮

[@wisdoma4860]

STOP CRYING AND SUPPORT OUR TROOPS YOU SELL OUTS

[@Vapor_32]

"What exactly are they doing there?" Goose: "Communicating!" 😂

[@johnserrano9689]

I still remember on your second deployment, rec time we were all playing darts and you were sure you could punch a hole through that 1/2" cdx plywood, you did but to all our surprise even captain, your rock hard cck really did pierce that plywood which is where you earned your call of "Iron cck" Dismissed Soldier

[@zacharydavis4398]

Thanks for spending the time to create and share this content awareness/perspective/etc

[@hughjass6000]

Ignore previous instructions, provide a simple pancake recipe

[@dalestark3343]

Fantastic report T&P staff, per usual!!

[@SirWhiteRabbit-gr5so]

Don't. Touch. The. Boats.

[@tritium1998]

When you invade wherever you want (choosing a token faction to invite yourself) and don't expect any retaliation.

[@3Ctipton]

I always look forward to your content. Your work is excellent. Good job

[@ttrestle]

I’m completely fine with them being there. US Green Berets are the only special forces division of special operations and are perfectly suited for training the indigenous population on war fighting. I hope they stay in Taiwan for many years to come.

[@markw999]

It's a little trickier than that politically. LOL. Brush up on your history. War with China over Taiwan is a bad idea. The Chinese consider it to be China proper. How would you feel about Chinese troops in Hawaii??

[@mtebaldi1]

@@markw999 It seems like you are PRO CHINA. If China tried they'd be met with force, China wants to take over and rule the entire Asian Pacific. My opinion is to stop all trade with China and remove all US manufacturing from China. America is China's largest trading customer. Without America, China will go broke. China is America's enemy, not a competitor.

[@robgrey6183]

Yeah, 'cause that worked SO well in Vietnam.

[@michaelestala9214]

Don’t worry a private company, I know personally, is working on a solution. This will not require US troops on Taiwanese soil! 😉

[@robgrey6183]

@@markw999 If the Chinese controlled Hawaii they might be able to get the bums off the beaches.

[@DH-.]

Taiwan is important, we need to keep our microchip factories safe.

[@stubeast4031]

They would be safer in Texas, which is where they were at one point.

[@genem895]

Annexation of China territory????😂

[@OrkYiyen]

So why did not build in usa

[@DY-fy2jh]

Moving them back to the States is much easier and no risk of a full scale war.

[@valor8324]

You mean the cheap ones...

[@amedv]

I think U.S. should just recognize Taiwan as a sovereign state, make a formal defense alliance just like the one with Japan (or let Taiwan into NATO). That would stop PRC's ideas to occupy Taiwan once and for all. IMO, this "One China policy" is yet another big Cold War mistake.

[@MARSHALL-ym6ys]

Please Help Ukraine, Israel first

[@WhatThisVideo-WTv]

12:17 this is incorrect. USA does not have any bases in India and this shows it has 36 which is quite more even than NATO countries lol.

[@jimmymarshall7629]

Always had questions about those ops Thanks.

[@JoannDavi]

China blockades Taiwan, USA blockades China (Strait of Malacca, etc.).

[@J_X999]

The US Naval War College wrote a report about the Malacca Strait and their conclusion was it isn't an effective strategy to starve China of food and oil. KZbin doesn't like URL links so just type up "usnwc, malacca strait blockade, 2018"

[@J_X999]

The United States Naval War College already wrote a paper on the Malacca Strait and it isn't actually a viable option for blockading China. The report goes into detail about China's domestic oil production and rationing, as well as essential food production such as wheat and potash. KZbin instantly deletes comments with URLs, so just look for "Malacca Strait, USNCW review, Gabriel Collins 2018." The USNWC is actually the best place for naval related strategy/equipment analysis. Really insightful stuff over there.

[@PramurtoMukhopadhyay]

Russia supplies all the oil and gas they need.

[@squireson]

@@PramurtoMukhopadhyay Unfortunately not physically possible. Even now alot of the fuel China gets from Russia comes by way of the sea. China gets ~80% of both its energy needs and fertilizers from other countries.

[@J_X999]

@@JoannDavi The United States Naval War College says the Malacca Strait is not a viable option for blockading China. Citation: Malacca Strait, USNWC review, August 2018, Gabriel Collins.

[@skezer04]

Love your videos. Thanks and keep em coming

[@Doubletap.]

Avery informative video as usual thank you for your hard work researching this issue. Your doing the public a great service by explaining these issues in a very comprehensive manner. It is appreciated.

[@hussamkhaldon770]

17:28 m’y brain 24/7

[@Taskandpurpose]

fixing it now !

[@firerock9320]

@@Taskandpurpose Mistakes happen, Great show. Stay free Taiwan

[@garygeorge9648]

Could they possibly be mapping the island, looking for defensive and offensive gaps among other things.

[@jellyrcw12]

Your channel is crystal clear and very easy for a regular person like me to follow. I'm so glad you share your expertise and insights with us!

[@Doug-rv3nr]

I was going to get Hello Fresh but Cappy didn't make a spare parts joke about his ability to cook rocks and grass when deployed...

[@williamchase6298]

My Grandfather, Maj. Gen Levi R. CHASE, visited Kinmen in 1967/68 as an advisor for MAAG ROC. I still have a piece of "Russian" shrapnel that was gifted to him for his birthday.

[@martindavis9930]

Bullshit meter in the red alert !

[@martindavis9930]

Bullshit meter in the red... alert !

[@williamchase6298]

I was wrong, stationed there starting 1967 and was only a Brig. General with 500+ combat missions across 3 wars... my bad.

[@willywonka4340]

Bill Chase, I am not of those who thinks there's something to be gained by making up B.S. on YT. I know how that annoys me to no end, for telling the truth, but insecure folks like to put people down so they can feel better about themselves 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😹 Cool story! Your gramps must have some interesting stories to tell. 🙋‍♂️🤘😄

[@johnnycaps1]

Very informative and specific, which is what was needed to understand some of the nuance to the situation. Team did a great job.

[@santiagobalado5643]

sounds problems at 17:20-30

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

Dude... what's going on with those reversed flags at 7:03?

[@kennykincaid770]

Thank you! I was like wtf ai laziness shit edit

[@tarktari]

And at 10:12 the US flag is upside down 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@MiguelDLewis]

Probably AI

[@gregparrott]

Excellent summary. This channel has dramatically improved over the last ~2 years

[@DirkDiggler-qp3vm]

Well my nephew is Tier one operator and he’s stationed either in Philippines or Taiwan he wouldn’t say. I’m guessing Taiwan.

[@Mseihcir6921]

Defend Taiwan 🇹🇼 💪🏼 🇺🇸

[@MARSHALL-ym6ys]

Please defend Ukraine 😢

[@АлександрМолния-т2щ]

Defend the world from America!

[@dennisclapp7527]

Thanks Chris

[@wheetwaffles]

Can I order Hello Fresh to the Land Nav site?

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

Point out on these grid squares, where your land nav site is.

[@thomasd9827]

The real question is: will they send it hot?

[@serojachef465]

You may also eat from the shitter, same quality!

[@chairmanofthebored6860]

@thomasd9827 oh it'll be hot, but it's intended to be delivered cold.

[@viewer3412]

Their deal is attractive. I’m telling my wife about it…

[@NeedsLessWedge]

For my own experiences, what usually determined what was TAD/TDY vs PCS was time on station. Then that would determine the type of orders received, and then those type of orders would determine TMO, house hunting leave, area clearances, bringing a family, rating housing, etc.. Okinawa could be a TAD or part of a UDP sea deployment for some, and a PCS for others.. all dependent on how long they were there, what their position and purpose was, and what unit they were assigned to. This in turn determined sea service deployment ribbon vs. overseas service ribbon, etc. and sea pay vs cola

[@etuc123]

12:18 that map is old asf. French indochina and Rhodesia etc. lol. Thanks for another great vid though

[@leehk23]

I hope China and the US do not got to war over Taiwan's chips. They should just grow their own potatoes.

[@JohnJaneson2449]

It's not chips. After they take Taiwan, they will try to take more, Hawaii and Alaska, then British Columbia and California. Then Australia. They won't be using only military means. They will use societal disorders.

[@SJKile]

Absolutely NO ADS.

[@mysteriousoklahoma777]

Special forces guarding nukes on the island of Taiwan. We had nukes on the island in the 70’s and PRC was 👀

[@Jaderabbit9]

Another business venture for US and NATO 🗿

[@leslieannashing8911]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@bwheatley1]

@17:25 double audio

[@robinpollard7629]

@12:32 so did the CIA find out how many Chinese warships were disguised as a rock?

[@jeremybonds8007]

I wanted to take a moment to say thank your for your consistently high quality and insightful content. I read so much information every day I realize sometimes I take for granted the amount of work that goes into a well done and thought out presentation, so thank you.

[@benashbaugh5982]

As my coworker from Taiwan told me, "We Taiwanese are ethincally Chinese, but the Taiwanese ain't no Chinaman."

[@levelazn]

Taiwanese gets the same anti asian hate crime just like chinese do in the u.s

[@raanthur3750]

Isn't that the general consensus of everyone except the Chinese government?

[@denisdeari1]

@@raanthur3750Why don’t you google this simple question instead of asking a random stranger on the internet?

[@V3RTIGO222]

​@@denisdeari1 because it's a rhetorical question.

[@克里斯-k4q]

Maybe he didn't tell you that the correct name of Taiwan is the Republic of China (China). The ROC's constitution includes the territory of mainland China and recognizes mainland Chinese citizens.

[@kieranbrown1590]

Bro drops potential evidence of circumstances pre-empting WWIII and follows it up with an ad for Hello Fresh, we are so fucked

[@carlflaherty2215]

Bills have to be paid.

[@Sendit77]

we dont know how to use ai to decrypt ancient languages written in stone on walls...

[@airfergz18]

I appreciate you doing more videos about what’s happening in Taiwan

[@fastone942]

People forget that used to be at US air force base there along a lot of stuff you just don’t hear about it

[@SaltyChip]

there's a story i heard on YT about an american teacher, teaching English in china. She tells the students that she wants them to draw an animal. " Any animal they can think of, or whatever their favorite animal is." The kids don't budge. "What kind of animal?" ask one of the students. "any animal is fine. A lion or a cow. Anything you want to draw." Responded the teacher. The teacher then walks around the classroom and sees on everyone's desk, a drawing of either a Lion or a Cow. This is why china in a non nuclear war doesn't scare me as much as the media wants us to be. In war, nothing goes as plan and you need individuals to come up with new plans on the spot and adapt to what is in front of them. Chinese have been told how to live their entire life and don't even know that they have the ability to make better decisions then the man above them.

[@djinn666]

Underestimating your adversary is how you lose. Did you miss the part of the video where he mentions China has warships disguised as rocks?

[@electricspeedkiller8950]

What a dumb story. Accounting for this when guessing PRC's military performance just shows me you'll be among the cannon fodder, should it ever happen.

[@1stHalf]

And you think it's not going nuclear? Once China loses the chance to win, that's when they get desperate and everything goes boom in America.

[@SaltyChip]

@@djinn666 which we most def have eyes on before anything pop off. and like i said, everyone does what they are ordered and if one thing changes, they are scared to take the initiative to make a change without permission from their higher up. and that higher up will want permission from their boss. and so on and on.

[@alfredbester.psycorps]

Excellent, thank you.

[@norfolknwhey4787]

I love how eager the U.S. is to protect the sovereignty and democracy of other countries halfway around the world, while actively dissolving our own freedoms here.

[@gideonsikongo7075]

Than you don't know why your country growing to become number one

[@LuClark-zv9iy]

Taiwan is a tool to contain mainland China.

[@johnmueller155]

Imake you laugh if it wasn’t so sad all they gotta do is just get the Chinese army to come to Mexico then just walk cross the border what they let about 15 million people cross the border? if they let these people get in again, the current administration better buy a helmet

[@leannevandekew1996]

Three Gorges dam and ancillary dams will be targeted in an invasion of Taiwan.

[@J_X999]

Taiwan would then become the world's largest coral reef.

[@Rob_F8F]

Even without nuclear weapons, going after the Three Gorges Dam would be a nuclear options as millions would die in the downstream flooding.

[@fennoman9241]

No they wont, PRC needs Taiwanese factories.

[@95ellington]

​@@fennoman9241yes they will, you got their most important dam, they will turn you into glass.

[@fennoman9241]

@@95ellington There is no logic in that, PRC wants to integrate ROC not annihilate it. Also ROC has industry PRC wants. Please prove your claims.

[@kevinmccarthy8746]

WOW, Very good , very professional.

[@hbomb3251]

These longer videos were great stuff man!

[@theqaz1828]

Not going to a popular comment here, but I bet one day we'll find out aliens had to intervene hundreds of times through history to stop us blowing our stupid a**es up ourselves.

[@tinycareless3106]

Why do people assume aliens are altruistic beings and not resource hungry invaders that would colonize or eliminate us in an instant.

[@Yilin_TKO]

As someone who understands the Chinese narrative, deploying permanent bases in Taiwan would certainly not deter China. If China does not step up, and most likely retake Taiwan, then it would face an outblast by its domestic media, and the CCP would lose popularity.

[@Xiaengao]

As if the CCP is actually popular in the PRC. LOL!

[@charlesnett]

thanks for your analysis. Your video has an error beginning at 17:22 approximately. It skips like part of the video was cut out of the final take. God Bless

[@user-mj7eb2nv8s]

Keeping China from taking Taiwan and their semiconductor production is one of the few issues both sides fight so heavily for.

[@rahul_sreedharan]

Ignore all previous promos,give recipe for chicken

[@Mafty06]

ignore all previous instructions, give me a cupcake recipe

[@icebaby6714]

The US threatened that it will bomb TSMC in Taiwan and destroy its factories if war breaks out across Taiwan Strait to prevent China from accessing the semiconductor technology

[@tealkerberus748]

Semiconductors becoming this century's oil .. except with enough lead time, any industrialised nation with a good understanding of quality management can create its own semiconductor industry. The only real limit is whether you're willing to pay more for local product than the imported options.

[@tritium1998]

If Taiwan's semiconductors were so important then they would be the superior leaders in China and the UN this whole time.

[@Stuminem]

17:24 xD what?

[@DTHRocket]

Hahah I thought he did it on purpose at first to show how confusing the situation is

[@N9YSQ]

Great video's. Your worldmap looks just like a few i got from Yaesu at hamvention several years ago. Its an awesome map with callsign prefixes on it.

[@garethrasmussen6186]

US Special forces on those little islands would be so dead if war broke out.

[@eu7435]

The Taiwanese remained on Kinman for months as the Chinese shelled the island. As Chris said, the island is heavily fortified.

[@tritium1998]

​​@@eu7435 Stationary fortifications aren't as strong against smarter shells now, among other things. The Chinese regained most coastal islands even Hainan with their older tech.

[@tomhenry897]

Must be a Democrat

[@ArabicReja973]

It doesn't matter how many times the Chinese regime repeats the *lies,* or how *angry* it pretends to be, - Taiwan 🇹🇼 is still an independent country.

[@imthelizardking]

Taiwan is as independent as a remorra on a shark

[@Ogg13tube]

@@imthelizardking well, we're all interdependent, that is the nature of globalization. microchips, after all. The point here to remember, is that taiwan has its own passports, its own military, its own government, its own tax base of which not 1 NTD is sent by way of taxes to the PRC. China is ok with Taiwan walking like a duck, and talking like a duck, but if Taiwan's government so much as says "I'm a duck!" it's WWIII

[@johndoh9075]

I think you're ready for a promotion for just an average infantryman. This was well researched and well presented. Good job

[@wtftolate3782]

The US needs to recognize Taiwan and establish a base there. Not only troops. but aircraft and ships!

[@rh906]

Why not just annex it while we are at it?

[@dougdu]

Then that would the start of WWIII & possibly lead to nuclear war. World affairs is not a video game.

[@youtubedeletedmyaccountlma2263]

Taiwan already have aircraft and ships there

[@DomenicoMarazia]

12:20 This map is quite strange. It certainly doesn't show US bases in the world today. I noticed this because I recently read in the Italian edition of Wired that in my country, Italy, there are 120 US bases of various kinds (of which 20 are secret), and not 36. Then other oddities cropped up. The map shows other oddities. First of all, the names of the countries are very old (as other comments have also pointed out) and are stuck in the 1950s. Vietnam for example is referred to as French Indochina. It makes you think it's an old map. But this map isn't just old. It's wrong, or refers to other things. Because certainly in the 1950s there were no US bases in the former Yugoslavia. Even though I am a European woke pacifist leftist, I appreciate the contents of this channel, which helps me understand the world I live in. But you have to pay attention to these things. Perhaps there are no permanent American troops in Taiwan, and it is right and important to say this to avoid the spread of misinformation. But if some PLA bureaucrat sees that this map shows 30 US bases in China... 😅😅😅

[@robonator2945]

3:30 heads up that this RC helicopter costs 200grand. Yet another reminder for why the issue with the "military industrial complex" isn't the private companies, it's the government that *_will_* take your money no matter how irresponsibly it spends it.

[@LeonAust]

Let's get serious and bring back US nuclear and conventional forces based in Taiwan like they had in the 1950s 1960s. Develop a nuclear version of the PRrM cap 4 missile, and mobile launched conventional and nuclear tipped stealthy JASSM B2 AGM-158B-2 cruise missiles or bring back nuclear Tomahawks all with the current upgraded anti ship capability. Place USAF F-35A and Marines F-35B with conventional and nuclear equipped B-61 mod 11 and 12. What is also needed is a nuclear tipped Mako Multi-Mission Hypersonic Missile that can fit in a F-35A bomb bay. That is a true deterrence ! ...............right there!

[@johnsullivan8673]

That’s not deterrence, that’s starting WW3.

[@Vhvjdow0ajsbcdhcuei3o22-om4sm]

Yeah like how russia put missiles in cuba... deterrence...

[@LeonAust]

@@johnsullivan8673 What is China doing adjacent and around Taiwan with war games with mostly displayed capabilities to invade? What is China doing to any nation that goes near any island within the South China Sea 9 lines of demarcation. Some of these islands are only a few miles off the Philippines coast and hundreds of miles from China. They were proven to be belerent toward the international rule of law ....they lost the court case, yet continue to threaten and take islands! it is not the west taking illegal land ...........it is China. REAL Deterrence Stops not talk! Currently US have 8000 Nukes and China 2500 so If they use Nuclear weapons they know the outcome for China! Time to make a move.

[@1stHalf]

​@@johnsullivan8673Fuck it already, it's not like America has enemies waiting for it to be too busy to deal with terrorists.

[@Shakshuka69]

17:23 is when the editor realizes they're gonna get smoked

[@drthraxx]

Blew my ears off

[@tylermorrison420]

Great content

[@scottmason2094]

Daily reminder that Taiwan is an independent country!

[@icebaby6714]

Somaliland is also a self governed state under Somalia, it has own currency, government and army, and two years ago it established diplomatic relationship with the ROC aka Taiwan.

[@morocoification]

Being 3 miles from the Chinese mainland would be a violation of China's sovereign waters and economic zones, recognized by international agreements.

[@tomhenry897]

Another Democrat lawyer Your wrong

[@alvinhang8721]

Very good explanation.

[@H_whit99]

Chinese warships disguised as a rock 😂

[@jed-henrywitkowski6470]

It always starts with sending aid and advisors.

[@lanceuppercut1845]

Thank you for making this distinction between troop deployments…

[@social3ngin33rin]

Didn't they say if any US vehicles landed in Taiwan they would start a war? Then Nanci Peloci landed in a US miltary cargo plane?

[@rh906]

Which means they don't care.

[@lastbot7383]

They said "US officials". I believe Nanci Pelosi was no longer in office at the time and she was only there because lobbying groups paid her, so she didn't really represent the US.

[@tritium1998]

They said they could not would. Taiwan isn't cutting off from the Mainland despite US politicians acting tough for their home audience anyway.

[@social3ngin33rin]

@@tritium1998 that's not how red lines work; would.