As much as I dislike Blinken, he is right on this one. There was precedent.
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sinbad

08/02/2022, 00:53:52

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"Blinken said that such a visit has precedent, noting past speakers and members of Congress have visited Taiwan."

Yup, there was precedent. China's previous ultimatums were not backed up other than vigourously firing a few extra missles during military trainings. Now it is very different. China is being led into a war it does not want.

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there is also a precedent for 8 nations alliance carving China, should we - swoosh 08-02 01:56 | 217 bytes | +2
- ROFLMAO so Pelosi visiting Taiwan is the same as China being gangraped - Canis Majoris 08-02 09:12 | 58 bytes | +1
  - oh, don't put your words in my mouth, I didn't say that - swoosh 08-02 15:39 | 48 bytes | +1
    - No, you absolutely unambiguously equated the two. - Canis Majoris 08-02 17:20 | 470 bytes | +1
      - I think I knew what I said myself - swoosh 08-02 17:32 | 117 bytes | +1
        
        Precedent is absolutely a legitimate argument, especially if we are talking - Canis Majoris 08-02 17:41 | 412 bytes |
- Totally two different matter - sinbad 08-02 03:38 | 96.8 KB | +1
  - this precedent argument is total BS - swoosh 08-02 04:51 | 66 bytes | +2
    - Some past record of sinbad/rip2....read the long thread - Mao Clone 08-02 05:24 | 2563 bytes | link img
    - Not BS. It is how the US and the British common law works. It's in their psyche - sinbad 08-02 05:18 | 1107 bytes |