«What Does Nancy Pelosi Think She’s Doing in Taiwan?»

SÓ HOJE LI ISTO SOBRE A SENHORA PELOSI. Mas é muito elucidativo da coragem de quem tem as costas quentes.
E já agora, de novo me interrogo: de onde saiu de repente tanta mulher adepta de soluções musculadas?
Confirma-se que os recém-convertidos são os piores ou isto são resquícios de mães autoritárias cujos filhos já saíram de casa e precisam de continuar a mandar? Ou as duas coisas?

«... What precisely is Pelosi hoping to achieve? Her intention to demonstrate support for Taiwan is obvious, but her activities do not appear linked to any broader American strategy, such as drawing U.S. allies in the region into closer coordination to deal with the threat from China or encouraging Taiwan to improve its own defense capabilities by drawing on lessons from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As the messy messaging from the White House has shown, there appears to be little communication or coordination here —though Beijing is likely to read a conspiratorial plot into it anyway.

Instead, the planned August trip appears to be very much symbolism over substance, a photo-op to enable Pelosi to poke Beijing in the eye as she has done in the past. Unlike her appearance in Tiananmen Square in 1991, however, which left a few reporters roughed up and detained, if the situation escalates now, it will be the people of Taiwan—and potentially any American service members flying her there—who will be left to face the consequences.»