US troops should be based in Taiwan, Bolton saysBy Yang Cheng-yu and Kayleigh Madjar / Staff reporter, with staff writerFormer US national security adviser John Bolton on Saturday called for US troops to be stationed in Taiwan, harkening back to the allies’ arrangement prior to 1979. Given the ongoing Russia-Ukraine war, Bolton called for Taiwan to be protected through political and military deterrence. Former US national security advisor John Bolton delivers a speech over videolink during the Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium forum on Saturday. Photo: screen grab from the InternetIt could also mean stationing troops in Taiwan as the US did before formal diplomatic relations were severed in 1979, a move Bolton said would benefit both sides. Bolton, who served from 2018 to 2019 under former US president Donald Trump, made the comments in a prerecorded address to the Global Taiwan National Affairs Symposium organized by Taiwanese independence groups.

Source: Taipei Times April 18, 2022 03:53 UTC