00:00freedom is not free
00:01America can only help our friends as much as they help themselves
00:05nowhere is the importance of sharing the benefits of freedom
00:09and jointly sharing the responsibility of preserving it
00:12more important than when it comes to this part of the world
00:15as President Trump's National Security Strategy or NSS articulates
00:20the United States is committed to maintaining the military capacity
00:24to not deny aggression anywhere in the First Island chain
00:27however the NSS also emphasizes that the United States cannot
00:32and should not bear this burden alone
00:34it calls on our partners to invest more in their defense
00:37and importantly to invest in capabilities that will deter regional aggression
00:41with the support of allies like Japan, Korea, Australia and the Philippines
00:47we are deploying our most advanced defense capabilities
00:50up and down the First Island chain
00:52our allies are also making important investments in their own forces
00:56and together we are maintaining regional peace and stability
01:00responding to coercive actions
01:02and collectively ensuring the capacity to deny any attempt to seize Taiwan
01:07as the NSS characterizes our goals
01:11Taiwan's service members need now are the tools to accomplish their mission
01:14that is why President Lai Ching-do's commitment to increasing Taiwan's defense budget spending
01:19to 5% of GDP by 2030 including through a 1.25 trillion new Taiwan dollar special budget is so critical
01:27Taiwan is willing to spend more, yes
01:30but most importantly it is spending in smarter ways
01:33Lai administration's focus on acquiring low-cost asymmetric systems like drones and anti-ship missiles
01:39resilient and distributed communications and battlefield awareness capabilities
01:44and integrated air and missile defenses completely aligns with Taiwan's military needs
01:49The United States is fully committed to delivering critical systems as quickly as possible
01:55This analysis is needed now more than ever
01:58Indeed, the world we live in today is facing security challenges unlike any we have witnessed since the 1930s
02:05Just as the utopian vision of the League of Nations failed to contain deep economic fissures and historical grievances then
02:15the false pursuit of globalism at any cost has left the world today unprepared to meet existential threats that now confront us
02:23For too long, we turned a blind eye to the fact that certain countries were gaming global rules to build up their national power
02:31at the expense of other nations' workers and families, including Americans and our partners
02:36The belief that economic interdependence would ensure peace led many US allies to under-invest in their defense
02:44Under President Trump's leadership, America is making urgent course corrections that will ensure our continued primacy
02:52while avoiding a repeat of the tragedies suffered in world wars during the last century
02:56This correction started with jettisoning the embrace of unfettered globalism
03:01and internalizing the lessons of past campaigns that left many Americans wary of endless wars
03:07Another critical change in Taiwan's preparedness is instilling the concept of mission command
03:11Mission command is an asymmetric advantage enjoyed by democratic societies over authoritarian ones
03:18Trusting skilled subordinate commanders on the battlefield to execute their assigned tasks without detailed direction from above
03:25provides both resilience to attacks on key command and control nodes as well as operational flexibility
03:31American visitors always ask me when they visit what about the Taiwan world to fight
03:37Naturally, I point to polls that show more of the Taiwan public says they are willing to defend their homelands than Ukrainians did when they were asked before February of 2022
03:45Just as importantly, I emphasize that the will to fight is closely related to the will to prepare
03:53And the civilian record here over the past two years has been just as impressive as in the military sphere
03:59Taiwan society has long been blessed with a deep tradition of volunteerism and civic activism
04:05In the many resilience drills I have observed, I saw churches, temples, local associations, and NGOs out in force
04:14Helping central and local authorities prepare to respond to crises, whether man-made or natural
04:19The self-mobilization of tens of thousands of volunteers to help Kualien communities impacted by floods this past fall
04:26Was a real-world demonstration of the spirit
04:29There you for had a harvest
04:30feelings?
04:31TheGO
04:34Things like this
04:35Something for you
04:37Yeah
04:38It was so important
04:39I can say
04:41If you want to tell
04:42You can tell
04:43ソ with us
04:44a little bit
04:45If you have a shield
04:50Nothing
04:55Nothing
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