Generals are warning about the possibility. Last month, war games took place that show the US thwarting China’s advances to take Taiwan by force, but at a huge cost to the US, China and Japan.
I don’t take much stock in war games, but some (including experts on the subject whom I respect) saw some important lessons in the games. Simply, they took large parts of them seriously.
Will the US be engaging militarily with China? Of course I see the possibility. I think rational people see that it is possible (and it certainly should be language that China should hear. As a matter of strategy, China should know that the U.S. military is ready and able to thwart them - defeat them! - anywhere and at any time.)
So why, as this article shows, are Democrats discussing the possibility of confrontation as “avoidable” and “highly unlikely?”
We should seek to avoid it, but that doesn’t make it avoidable. Thus, calling it “highly unlikely” is to be unserious about the already existing threat. It’s a bad statement; one of weakness and conceit, that would feed China’s belief about the inevitability of One China. And, as stated, it is very bad strategy.
What do you think?
Rep. McCaul on Air Force general’s prediction of 2025 war with China: 'I hope he’s wrong … I think he’s right'
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rep-mccaul-air-force-generals-prediction-2025-war-china-hope-wrong-think-right