Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) kept the use of military force to defend Taiwan on the table as tensions with China rise.
Underscoring the need for deterrence, Graham argued that the United States needs to ratchet up its efforts to prepare the democratic island for a possible attack from China and add more forces in the region."The question for Congress, [is] should we have a defense agreement with the island of Taiwan? We don't," Graham told Fox News Sunday."Yes, I’d be very much open to using U.S. forces to defend Taiwan because it's in our national security interest to do so.
"Strategic ambiguity is not working. China, after Afghanistan, believes that the store is open, that you can go in and take whatever you want on Biden's watch," Graham also said. Chinese leader Xi Jinping has long talked about reunifying with Taiwan, raising concerns about a possible war. The U.S. has long held a policy of strategic ambiguity to leave open the possibility of defending Taiwan militarily.
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