The below article is Part 3 of the Laura Rosenberger saga.
Part 1: Woke Seeps Into U.S.-Taiwan Defense Conference. SATIRE - Gender Pronouns Only
Part 2: Jaws is Back! AIT's Laura Rosenberger Returns to Eat, Drink and Be...What Exactly?
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3 April 2024 (Wednesday)
UPDATE: The Long Goodbye?
Taiwan President Tsai Gives AIT Chair a Big Hug!
By Wendell Minnick (Whiskey Mike) 顏文德
“To say goodbye is to die a little. There is no trap so deadly as the trap you set for yourself.” - Raymond Chandler.
TAIPEI - AIT/Washington Chair Laura Rosenberger spent taxpayers money to fly to Taiwan (with aides in tow, of course) this week to say farewell to outgoing Taiwan President Tsai Ing-wen, whose second term ends on May 20th.
There was a lot of talk about the importance of democracy and then there was more talk about the importance of democracy...wash, rinse, dry, repeat.
Over the past eight years, Tsai has destroyed the military’s cohesiveness, morale, and battle readiness. All for petty revenge against male patriarchy.
If not that, was it something else Madame President?
For Rosenberger, she has done nothing of substance as Chair. This is because the Chair is a political appointment with no power. Big Zero.
Talk of shuttering AIT/Washington has been an active debate for the past 20 years in DC circles. A budgetary dinosaur from the early days of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). Full of political appointees (some of whom were previously foreign service officers anyway) rewarded for their past political support to whatever party is in power in the White House.
Rosenberger is a DEI appointment after having jumped from job to job to job in DC circles. Very reminiscent of over-paid internships.
This is her fifth trip to Taiwan to drink tea and mingle with the chattering elites of the Democratic Progressive Party (DPP).
A former high-ranking U.S. State Department officer who worked in Taiwan and China remarked:
Too much of a "good thing"? Are there important new "Washington perspectives" to "share" every 2-3 months?
It is a pleasure to meet with Chairperson Rosenberger once again?
This is your fifth visit to Taiwan since taking office just over a year ago [March 2023].
“I want to thank you for taking concrete action to demonstrate your passion and eagerness to deepen Taiwan-US relations,” [Tsai said].
One would like to be a fly on the wall inside AIT/Taipei [where actual diplomats are cringing at the thought of babysitting Rosenberger, yet again].
On 25 September 2023, Rosenberger posed with Ministry of Digital Affairs (MODA), Digital Minister Audrey Tang (唐鳳).
Tang is the most infamous member of Tsai’s cabinet, allegedly despised by even the National Police Agency (NPA) for corruption.
Even the Taiwan media despises Tang for alleged domestic abuse reports on his/her/it partner. While Minister, it/he/her/whatever has raised the MODA budget almost as high as the entire NPA.
One DPP source said that inside Tsai’s circles, Tang is known as the First Minister of Corruption. There are also rumors of Tang possibly being a sociopath who claims an 180 IQ and never graduated junior high.
For the record, Einstein’s IQ is believed to have been between 160-190.
The Western media in Taiwan, now completely Woke, refuses to report on the alleged scandals to the chagrin of Taiwan’s media.
For Rosenberger, this might be her last trip, given the possibility that China invades before the U.S. Presidential election.
Rosenberger might have stepped over the line when she announced during this trip that U.S. commitment to Taiwan is “rock solid”. Though to the disappointment of Taiwanese who want to establish the Republic of Taiwan, she repeated that the TRA and the Six Assurances continue to guide the U.S. approach to Taiwan.
The Chair is not in a policy position to make military or political or economic commitments to Taiwan. Only the Director of Taipei/AIT, currently Sandra Oudkirk (also soon to be departing as her three years are up), has that power, and only when the Director (i.e. the Ambassador) is instructed to do so by the U.S. State Department.
When the Chinese hit the island, maybe the DPP escapees to the U.S. will create a non-government organization (NGO) to whine about Chinese troops raping and pillaging the island.
They can put Rosenberger on the board to help increase visibility. She will collect a nice check for a few speaking gigs and “attend” occasional board meetings via the China-owned Zoom.