Source: Wind Media
Author: Vincent (National Defense Researcher)
The U.S. Congress completed the negotiation on the 20th, finalized and announced that Gundam passed the 2023 fiscal annual funding bill, with a total value of 1.66 trillion US dollars (2.22 trillion yuan), but no unpaid military aid in Taiwan for five years.The $ 2 billion military financing case; however, the time returned a little back. On December 15th, the US Senate passed the 2023 National Defense Authorization Act. According to the "Foreign Military financing" plan of its content, it can be pointed out that it can be used by the gift (no need to repay) orThe method of direct loan provides funds to partner areas, and also authorizes US presidents to instruction from the Ministry of National Defense to withdraw a total of up to US $ 1 billion of defense materials or services to Taiwan each year. This bill has been signed by Biden on the 23rd.
The United States Congress is mainly used to monitor the two annual bills that monitor national defense budgets, namely the National Defense Authorization Act and the United States Funding Act.Government departments, institutions, and planning allocation federal funds are simply like the concept of Taiwan ’s total budget review (there are 12 annual annual funding bills in the United States)."Military and military financing (loan)", if you only look at the funding bill, of course, only "military financing" of up to $ 2 billion per year, but if the two are compared, in fact, whether it is for free military aid or military financing, it will be next year in the United States in the United States next year.During the budget (whether the use is second).
The author believes that there are two main reasons for the United States this move; first of all, the United States wants to do its best to lock the Chinese military where the wings are becoming more and more full in the first and second island chains.Therefore, together in East Asia Latai, Japan, and South Korea, it is naturally not possible. Secondly, from the current experience of the Russian and Ukraine War, to affect a war direction, it is not necessary to participate in person.Assist, such as the provision of military weapons and the support of technical information, the results are reliable and effective. Of course, some people will use the Afghan government forces with American weapons last year.Different, the A Army itself pulled his hoe, and the Ukraine was a defense war. Therefore, there was essential differences in the will and purpose of combat.
Furthermore, according to the spirit of the above two bills, the initiative of unpaid military aid is in the hands of the United States, and the "military financing case" is in the Taiwan side.It is not necessary to look at the needs of both parties in the end. In addition, from the current situation of the Taiwan Strait, AIA's aid is naturally important, but the consciousness of its own "protecting the Taiwan" is more important."It is a good starting point.
Finally, the author suggested that the people in Taiwan do not have to be over -tangled on the issue of "unpaid military aid or military financing (loan)" in AIA.It cannot be supported, and the aid plan proposed by the United States can effectively enhance Taiwan's defense forces. So even if it is a loan to buy weapons, it is also helpful to Taiwan, so it does not have to be excessive extended, which leads to the necessary internal consumption.
