The House of Representatives is debating what would, if implemented, amount to an act of war: a naval blockade by China.
The proposed change to the next US defense budget was proposed by Texas Republican Ronny Jackson, the Epoch Times reported, and is among 800 other amendments approved by the House Armed Services Committee.
Jackson’s proposal concerns a “Pentagon study of a naval oil blockade of China” and, according to the author, amounts to neither aggression nor war.
However, not all congressmen agree with Jackson. “I can guarantee you that we would consider it very provocative if China published a plan to blockade the United States tomorrow.” said Democrat Adam Smith of Washington, quoted by The Epoch Times.
However, there seem to be many hawks in the House of Representatives who have no problem debating a war with China.
A Republican official, Marl Alford, said it’s time the United States stopped worrying about whether talks of war with China would anger China.
“China is openly talking about being ready to invade Taiwan by 2027, maybe 2025,” Alford said, according to the Epoch Times. “We have to think about this strategically and that should include energy and what we should do to curb supplies to China.”
Some have pointed out that the Pentagon is already considering a naval blockade of China, but the findings of the study proposed by Congressman Jackson and approved by the Defense Committee are best discussed behind closed doors.
Others have pointed out that nobody in Congress wants war with China.
“The narrative is that there are people in the US, even in Congress, who are trying to provoke a war with China. “None of us want a war with China,” said Massachusetts Democrat Seth Moulton.
Discussing a measure like the naval blockade in the House of Representatives is inappropriate on several levels: First, it is purely a provocation to China, a country with which the United States, at least not currently, is at war. So it’s a technical issue that should probably be discussed behind closed doors, both because it’s military and because it’s foolish to inform the opponent in advance. All speeches too subtle for politics.
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