U.S. Republican Senator Hawley believes that the U.S. military resources are limited, and it is difficult to take care of the needs of Ukraine and Taiwan at the same time. The former should be handed over to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, while the U.S. focuses on the Pacific Ocean to effectively deter China.

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[Central News Agency] U.S. Republican Senator Hawley said today that the U.S. military resources are limited, and it is difficult to take care of the needs of Ukraine and Taiwan at the same time. The former should be left to the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, while the U.S. focuses on the Pacific Ocean, so that it can effectively deter China. .

Hawley (Josh Hawley) made the above-mentioned appeal today in a speech at the event of the conservative think tank "The Heritage Foundation" (The Heritage Foundation) in Washington.

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Hawley wrote a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken in December last year expressing a similar position, arguing that Taiwan is more important than Ukraine and that the United States should prioritize Taiwan in the delivery of arms.

But Blinken disagreed, saying how the international response to Russia's invasion of Ukraine will affect China's future calculations.

In his speech today, Hawley refuted the views of President Joe Biden's administration. He said that some leaders claimed that defending Ukraine was tantamount to deterring China. , so "stopping Vladimir Putin is equal to stopping Xi Jinping".

However, Hawley emphasized that the U.S. has limited military resources. The CCP knows very well that if U.S. resources are occupied by Ukraine, these resources cannot be used to deter China from invading Taiwan. The more resources the U.S. invests in Europe, the more it can be used to strengthen deterrence in the Pacific region. fewer resources.

He gave an example that Ukraine and Taiwan have many overlapping military needs, such as Javelin and Stinger Missiles. However, the current production capacity of the United States is limited, and it will take many years to increase production; in the foreseeable future, the United States cannot simultaneously Take care of Ukraine, Taiwan and its own military needs.

Hawley said that China's seizure of Taiwan will be the beginning of a nightmare for the United States. Price rises and supply chain disruptions will be more serious than in recent years. From pharmaceuticals to consumer electronics, shortages of goods will become the norm. Relying on Taiwan's semiconductors, the war in the Taiwan Strait may plunge the U.S. economy into a severe recession, and it will not be able to recover for a long time.

Beyond the economic consequences, Hawley pointed out that capturing Taiwan would allow China to garrison its military there and use Taiwan as a springboard to conquer and coerce others in the region, including Japan, the Philippines, and Pacific islands such as Guam and the Northern Mariana Islands .

Hawley called for a new burden-sharing agreement between the U.S. and other members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO).

He believes that the latter should play a major role in providing military aid to Ukraine, shoulder the responsibility of defending Europe, and only rely on the United States for a few matters such as nuclear deterrence, so that the United States has more power to deter China.