TAIWAN MUST DIVERT huge amounts of its people’s money to spend on weapons, US war strategist Elbridge Colby said yesterday. “I honestly don't get why Taiwan isn't spending 10% or more of its GDP on defense,” he wrote.
Ten per cent or more?
For comparison, most countries spend about 2%, or less, and the United…
SEE THAT HEADLINE? “U.S. Aims to Turn Taiwan Into Giant Weapons Depot”.
This is not from the news spoof website called The Onion. This is an ACTUAL HEADLINE in the New York Times today.
The article doesn’t present this as a bizarre and incredibly dangerous thing to do. It presents it as an ordinary news…