The "Biden Doctrine" Engagers Taiwan - and Us

Published: Jan. 15, 2024, 1:17 p.m.

b'Joe Biden has stood on its head a proud moniker of American warriors: He epitomizes no better enemy and no worse friend.\\xa0\\nThat deplorable distinction has been earned by, among other things: his surrender of Afghanistan; his greenlighting of a \\u201cminor Russian incursion\\u201d into Ukraine; his appeasement of Iran and undermining of Israel; and his months-long refusal to retaliate decisively for Iranian proxies\\u2019 attacks on U.S. personnel.\\nNow, immediately after the Taiwanese electorate voted for freedom over enslavement by Communist China, Biden announced, the United States does not support Taiwan\\u2019s independence. That comment \\u2013 surely being amplified by two former U.S. officials now in Taipei \\u2013 rejects the de facto status quo and will encourage Chinese aggression.\\xa0\\nThe Biden Doctrine of treating enemies better than friends ensures we\\u2019ll dangerously have many more, and\\xa0greatly emboldened, foes and far fewer and less reliable allies.\\xa0\\n\\xa0This is Frank Gaffney.'