Singh Slams Ramaswamy for Supporting China’s Ambitions Regarding Taiwan After 2029
Hirsh Vardhan Singh is the candidate for the 2024 Republican Party presidential primaries. He posted on his X account. He stated Vivek Ramaswamy is not a registered Republican, and he has never voted in a Republican primary.
Hirsh Singh strongly criticized his opponent, Vivek Ramaswamy, for pushing the position that the United States must allow China to invade Taiwan and take over the country after 2029. Hirsh Singh termed this position weak and unacceptable and used the term “Manchurian candidate” to describe Vivek Ramaswamy.
Hirish Vardhan Singh pointed out that China had already invaded American airspace. A leader who is not able to stand up to China sends a very bad signal to our allies. It says, basically, that to be an enemy of America is dangerous, but to be a friend is fatal. That is not acceptable.
Hirish said this while echoing a quote from former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, even as he promised to stop the Chinese takeover. A day after Ramaswamy first outlined his position, he said, Our interests include Taiwan until we have achieved semiconductor independence. After the end of my first term, we will be in a position to say that our commitments will be different.
Xi Jinping will not go for Taiwan until the end of my first term, he said, effectively greenlighting the invasion of Taiwan in 2029. He appeared on Tucker Carlson’s show on X and doubled down on this position.
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In the event that Xi Jinping decided to go into Taiwan and take a piece of the country, Ramaswamy said while speaking to Tucker Carlson, Our commitments to go to war in that situation, to at least even militarily engage in that situation, should change if it is before or after we have semiconductor independence in this country.
He has articulated a strong foreign policy position on China and has based his position on protecting the shipping lanes in the South China Sea and strengthening the Quad Military Alliance. More than a third of global trade passes through this region, with a significant part of that trade involving the United States. The shortest routes from Seattle to some of the most important Asian ports, such as Singapore, pass through Taiwanese waters.
Hirish’s position has demonstrated a knowledge of international geopolitics, in contrast to Vivek Ramaswamy’s words, including the dismissive description of Taiwan as a “tiny island” and the reduction of the issue of the Chinese threat to Taiwan to merely the issue of the country producing semiconductors. It is not just one industry.
That is a very simplistic view of international relations. Any invasion of Taiwan by China would disrupt global trade, and China would hold American trade hostage. We need a strong response with a strong leader, not a Manchurian candidate. Allowing China to take over Taiwan would also require American troops in Taiwan to withdraw without a fight.
Hirish also spoke separately about the need to take a principled stand to protect American allies and not leave their people at the mercy of autocratic regimes after using them for selfish ends. That is not who we are. We should not base our foreign policy purely on profit considerations and treat our trusted friends as usable commodities that can be discarded once they have served their purpose.
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