美国共和党参议员：美国可能绕过奥巴马出售台湾F - 16

美国共和党参议员：出售台湾的F - 16武器交易可能绕过奥巴马

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华盛顿（美联社） -共和党参议员周二表示,美国国会可能会批准向台湾出售的F - 16战斗机，即使奥巴马总统反对，。

 美国法律要求，向台湾提供防御性武器。然而，授权数十亿美元，长期悬而未决的66架飞机的销售将激怒中​​国，视为其领土的一部分岛屿自治。

 奥巴马政府给予其10月1日对处理决定。在台湾和华盛顿的国会议员和分析家普遍预计，政府将选择升级台湾现役的F - 16战斗机，而不是卖几年来，岛内已经寻求新的，更先进的的飞机。

 五角大楼发言人，亚太安全事务的司令。莱斯利赫尔 - 赖德周二表示，没有决定对潜在的对台军售，并已取得潜在的武器系统对外军售，该署不会评论。

 参议员约翰考宁，德州，通过电话会议上发言后向记者参观在沃思堡的洛克希德马丁公司的工厂，表示不批准新飞机的销售将是一个关键的美国盟友的打击，并可能在2300作业成本工厂。

 在参议院国防授权法案的修正案，可以引入，有可能在十月或十一月，批准台湾的要求，约翰克宁说。如果这项修正案获得国会批准，奥巴马仍然将有否决权，但行使这将意味着凿开批准的防御计划的广泛。

 今年五月，近一半的民主党领导的参议院致函，敦促奥巴马授权处理。有可能是在共和党控制的众议院的支持更广阔。

 开绿灯，奥巴马的努力，培育一个稳定，合作与中国的关系，这切割与美国的军事关系，以前向台湾出售武器作出了反应

 台湾总统马英九与北京结成更紧密的关系，减少台湾海峡两岸的紧张局势在六十年来的最低。但马，明年面临竞选连任，认为F - 16战机，为改善台湾与大陆的共产党政府的谈判立场的一种方式。

 台湾和中国大陆在1949年的内战中分裂。

  

 

WASHINGTON (AP) — Congress may be able to approve the sale of F-16 fighter jets to Taiwan even if President Barack Obama should object, a Republican senator said Tuesday.

The United States is legally required to supply Taiwan with defensive weapons. However, authorizing the multibillion-dollar, long-pending sale of the 66 planes would anger China, which regards the self-governing island as part of its territory.

The Obama administration is due to give its decision on the deal by Oct. 1. Lawmakers and analysts in both Taiwan and Washington widely anticipate that the administration will opt to upgrade Taiwan's existing fleet of F-16s, rather than sell the new, more advanced planes that the island has been seeking for several years.

The Pentagon spokeswoman for Asia-Pacific security affairs, Cmdr. Leslie Hull-Ryde, said Tuesday that no decisions have been made on potential arms sales to Taiwan and that the department does not comment on potential weapons systems for foreign military sales.

Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, who spoke to reporters by conference call after touring the Lockheed Martin factory in Fort Worth, said not approving the sale of new planes would be a blow for a crucial U.S. ally and could cost 2,300 jobs at the factory.

An amendment to the defense authorization bill could be introduced on the Senate floor, likely in October or November, to approve Taiwan's request, Cornyn said. If such an amendment were approved by Congress, Obama still would have the right of veto, but exercising it would mean scuttling approval for a wide array of defense programs.

In May, nearly half of the Democrat-led Senate sent a letter urging Obama to authorize the deal. There is likely even broader support in the Republican-controlled House.

Giving the green light would set back Obama's efforts to cultivate a stable, cooperative relationship with China, which has reacted to previous arms sales to Taiwan by cutting military ties with the U.S.

Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou has forged closer ties with Beijing, reducing tensions across the Taiwan Strait to their lowest in six decades. But Ma, who faces re-election next year, sees the F-16s as a way of improving Taiwan's negotiating position with the communist government on the mainland.

Taiwan and China split amid civil war in 1949.