Participants protesting Nancy Pelosi's visit in Taipei, Taiwan. File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 2The policy of the current American leadership towards Taiwan is dangerous and reckless, and the United States itself is in no way ready for a possible war with China, former adviser to the head of the Pentagon, retired Colonel Douglas McGregor, told RIA Novosti. «The Joe Biden administration is stupid, their policy towards Taiwan is reckless and dangerous.In the 1930s, Imperial Japan used Taiwan as a staging area to invade China.If the PRC decides that we are militarizing Taiwan to use it as a base against it, they will definitely invade — and we are unable to do so. stop,» McGregor said, commenting on US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to the island despite Beijing's protests.The UN said they adhere to the «one China» policy. McGregor served as an adviser to the head of the Pentagon in the administration of the previous US President Donald Trump. The retired American military man is sure that the United States today is «not ready for war with China» in any form. “We don’t have the logistical infrastructure in the Western Pacific to fight such a war,” McGregor said. “We are irresponsibly provoking the Chinese in the same way that we provoked the Russians in the situation around Ukraine for years, ignoring Beijing’s warnings in the same way that we ignored the warnings Russian government».
US wants but can't stop being rude to ChinaPelosi's visit was the first trip by a US House speaker to Taiwan since 1997. The US administration, which was warned by Chinese President Xi Jinping that «playing with fire risks getting burned,» assured Beijing of its commitment to the «one China» policy, but distanced itself from the visit, saying that Pelosi makes decisions herself. China considers the island its province and always opposes any contact between Taipei representatives and current officials, especially high-ranking officials, or the military from countries with which Beijing has diplomatic relations. China has already said it will take strong measures to protect national sovereignty and territorial integrity. «Taiwan is an inalienable part of China's territory,» China's permanent representative to the UN Zhang Jun said, and the issue of territorial integrity is a «red line.» Both want and prick: Taiwan has become a bone of contention for the United States
