According to various sites that received a copy of the communication, a US general stated in a document on Friday that he expects the USA will be at war with China by 2025.
“I hope I am wrong,” stated Gen. Mike Minihan, the four-star Air Force general in charge of the Air Mobility Command (AMC), in a note to personnel under his command.
US General Predicts War With China By 2025
“My intuition tells me we’ll fight in 2025,” he continued. Chinese President Xi Jinping was re-elected for a third term and established his war council in October 2022. Taiwan’s presidential elections in 2024 will provide Xi with a reason.
The presidential elections in the United States will take place in 2024, providing Xi with a distracted America. For 2025, Xi’s team, purpose, and opportunity are all aligned.”
Minihan instructed AMC members to accept some higher danger in training as they prepare for the “China fight,” and to “shoot a clip into a 7-meter target with the full understanding that unrepentant lethality mattered most” sometime in February. “Take aim at the head.”
Minihan instructed AMC members to accept some higher danger in training as they prepare for the “China fight,” and to “shoot a clip into a 7-meter target with the full understanding that unrepentant lethality mattered most” sometime in February. “Take aim at the head.”
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A Defense Department spokesperson said that Minihan’s comments “are not representative of the department’s view on China.” The United States has long walked a fine line with its ambiguous “One China” policy, which acknowledges China’s claims to sovereignty over Taiwan without accepting them and opposes any unilateral changes to the status quo.
In recent weeks, the Chinese military has staged almost daily incursions into Taiwan’s skies and waterways, as Beijing maintains control over the autonomous democracy that broke away from China in 1949.
The US transferred recognition from Taipei to Beijing in 1979 but continues to sell weaponry to Taiwan for self-defense.
A growing number of US politicians have asked for further support, including direct military aid to Taiwan, citing Russia’s invasion of Ukraine as evidence of the importance of early planning.
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