China would make “a really bad choice” if it chose to engage in a conflict over Taiwan, Gen. Mark Milley said, as he reaffirmed Washington’s commitment to providing Taiwan with military aid.
Speaking at an Economic Club of New York event on Nov. 9, Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the United States would “militarily” support Taiwan through training and the provision of weapons.
“We’re committed, through the Taiwan Relations Act, that the U.S. will continue to support Taiwan. And we will,” he was quoted as saying by the South China Morning Post.
Milley said that he could not predict whether the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has immediate plans to attack Taiwan, but that it would be difficult for the CCP to launch an amphibious attack across the Taiwan Strait….