Will China, Russia, and North Korea Launch Their Nukes?
by Gordon G. Chang • August 18, 2023 at 5:00 am
Xi Jinping, Vladimir Putin, and Kim Jong Un see the world in the same terms, and they all realize that none of them will accomplish their goals unless they get the United States out of the way.
Perhaps of greatest concern is that all three regimes [China, Russia and North Korea] share a nuclear weapons doctrine of "escalate to de-escalate" or "escalate to win": threatening the use of nuclear weapons to keep others from defending their intended victims. Xi and Putin appear capable of actually using their most destructive weapons.
Kim has made threats to use nuclear weapons pre-emptively. His regime last year even enacted a law authorizing such use.
When aggressors threaten the use of nuclear weapons, anything can happen. America will have to be prepared that China, along with its friends, are willing to do anything to get what they want.
This week, the U.S. Navy's Carrier Strike Group 5, centered around the USS Ronald Reagan, has been steaming off the east coast of Taiwan.
Be glad it is there. China has been throwing a diplomatic tantrum — fiercer than usual — because the Biden administration allowed William Lai Ching-te, Taiwan's vice president, to make "transit" stops in New York and San Francisco on his way to and from Paraguay.
Beijing in response promised "resolute and forceful measures." There have been numerous Chinese air and naval provocations near the embattled island republic in the last few days. As soon as Lai arrived in New York, the Chinese foreign ministry called Taiwan "the core of the core interests of China."
So, will China go to war soon? And if war comes, will it embroil the world's great powers?
China's regime has already declared a "people's war" against America, and has been waging such a struggle with its "unrestricted warfare" tactics.
