Stand with Taiwan, deter the Chinese Communist Party

Tomorrow is National Day in Taiwan, an occasion of joyful celebration for the island’s freedom-loving people. If the Chinese Communist Party has its way, though, this year’s holiday may be the last one.

In recent months, the People’s Liberation Army has been mobilizing and exercising the array of military capabilities it has assembled for the purpose of attacking, invading and occupying Taiwan. Immense numbers of ballistic missiles, amphibious lift and other naval vessels, fighter, bomber and transport aircraft, and ground combat forces pose an imminent threat.

To its credit, in the face of such Chinese belligerence, the Trump administration has ramped up official visits and other tangible signs of its solidarity with Taiwan. Most recently, National Security Advisor Robert O’Brien sternly warned China against mounting any assault against the island, signaling such a step could gravely miscalculate the U.S. response.

Amen.

This is Frank Gaffney.