US approves first-ever military aid to Taiwan through program typically used for sovereign nations

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The Biden administration has approved funding for the first-ever transfer of US military equipment to Taiwan under a program typically saved for sovereign nations, according to a notification sent to Congress on Tuesday.

The package – which is part of the State Department’s foreign military financing (FMF) program – totals $80 million and will be paid for by US taxpayers.

“FMF will be used to strengthen Taiwan’s self-defense capabilities through joint and combined defense capability and enhanced maritime domain awareness and maritime security capability,” the department wrote in its notification to Congress that was reviewed by CNN.

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You're a delusional warmonger, hundreds of thousands dead, and you are bragging about being able to see past it. That's pretty clearly deranged.

Lol, really? One can't control the fact that bad things happen. The west isn't forcing either China or Russia to claim territory that doesn't belong to them.

However, one can control how one reacts to said events. Help out where we can, and strengthen ourselves for the future.

There's that whole proverb about crisis=danger+opportunity. The danger is there regardless...if you fail to seize the opportunity presented, well, you are pretty much guaranteed to come out the other side worse off.

idk you seem like the delusional one with the idea that someone is gonna go " please mister Putin, please stop war?" and that he would listen

Yeah, that's not what i said but you do you and make up things.

ok so what DO you mean, I mean you are the one putting words in peoples mouths saying they are glad Russia invaded, so what exactly do you mean by it, that Ukraine should just let them take what they want?