Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall warned Monday that the US military might not be prepared for a future war with China since it has spent so much time focused on counterterrorism.
“The threat of attack from violent extremist organizations still exists, and we will address those threats as they occur. But China is by far our pacing challenge,” Kendall said at an Air & Space Forces Association conference, according to Fox News.
“Our job is to deter that war and to be ready to win if it occurs,” he said. “We’re all talking about the fact that the Air and Space Forces must change, or we could fail to prevent and might even lose a war.”
Kendall’s comments are the latest example of a US official discussing openly that the US is preparing for a future direct war with China despite the risk of nuclear escalation. Last year, President Biden pledged he would send troops to defend Taiwan if China attacked the island, a highly provocative statement that was not walked back by the White House.
Kendall warned that China has been preparing for a fight in its own backyard. “China has been re-optimizing its forces for great power competition and to prevail against the US in the Western Pacific for over 20 years. China has been building a military capability specifically designed to achieve their national goals and to do so if opposed by the United States,” he said.
Since taking his post as Air Force secretary in 2021, Kendall has been focused on China. After he was sworn in, Kendall said he wanted the US military to develop new technologies to “scare China” and said he had three priorities: “China, China, and China.”
Is the AF dude a psychic or a sycophant?…
Did you mean to say, a psycho?
Is the AF dude a psychic or a sycophant?…
Psychotic is a far more accurate term.They are screwing with a power whose time is on the rise in every possible way except pollution while the USA days are numbered due to an abundance of flaws like racism,corruption and all kinds of fraud.
Lest we omit poverty and homelessness…
Nearly our entire cadre of military leaders are psychopaths like this guy, that’s what West Point does now, churn out hawks bred in an echo chamber of the Empire. No one has experienced real war but is quite willing to send the young and the poor to die overseas.
Probably neither hawk nor psycho, just typical Merkan upstart who thinks he knows where the trouffles are.
It seems to me that those who have seen the Elephant are rarely in favor of war. i just came back from an appointment at the VA and no one I speak with wants a war with China or anyone else.
It seems to me that those who have seen the Elephant are rarely in favor of war. i just came back from an appointment at the VA and no one I speak with wants a war with China or anyone else.
Yep we $hit away 6 trillion dollars to no good end blowing up huts and donkeys with laser guided weapons launched from 50 million dollar aircraft in turn launched from 10 billion dollar aircraft carriers. We created 500 million dollar ships to fight in the littorals but neglected to arm them. I am not sure the solution is to give the jokers who piss money like water more money. Maybe a little more focus is in order. If we want to go to war with China ( sure why not, what could possibly go wrong) then maybe cut back on the other 500 overseas bases.
“… we could fail to prevent and might even lose a war.”
When did the US military dictatorship win a war?
Kendall elsewhere on Musk not turning on Starlink to Sevastopol last year: “If we’re going to rely upon commercial architectures or commercial systems for operational use, then we have to have some assurances that they’re going to be available.” Well, I’m super happy he won’t want Musk to provide any such service re China. That takes a load off my mind.
You idiots havent ‘won a war’ since ww2.
Spot on!
Let’s look on the bright side. . .
Pentagon Mission.
To provide the military forces needed to deter and win wars and to protect the security of our country and our allies.
from pbs:
The all volunteer military has reached crisis levels of low recruitment, while at the same time the American public’s perception of the Armed Forces is increasingly divided. A recent Gallup poll found confidence in the U.S. military is at its lowest level in over two decades, only 60 percent of people told Gallup they had confidence in the U.S. military.
At the same time, some military branches are falling short of their yearly recruiting goals by the 1000s. The army is set to fall 15,000 recruits short this year.
Kendall warned that China has been preparing for a fight in its own backyard.
What a concept. Maybe everyone should follow suit.
Not only that:
Wouldn’t it be nice if we did that too, instead of a military designed to fatten the bellies of the usual corporations?
Our national goals are to line the pockets of the corporations and those who are already filthy rich. everyone else can go pound sand is their mantra.
Yes. Imagine an actual Department of Defense.
Air Force chief sets January deadline for China war plan
The gormless belligerence never ends. Just imagine the outrage has a Chinese general uttered similar wankery?
Fox News made this guy’s $hit look brilliant and polished. They made it smell so good and exciting. They seemed to love eating it: “China, China, China!” Dude, they weren’t only hungry, they were also horny. (Disgusting Sarcasm)
A new high in warmongering hits the table of conversation. Chinas economic power and military buildup in the South China Sea as well as their contributions to a better life for Africa and Pakistan are a stone in the US plan for the future. This conflict I believe will not be settled peacefully.It is not in the Empires habit to cooperate or take a back seat to whom they perceive as inferior.
I agree. bottom line is racism and money
Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall, another NEOCON POS!
Are these guys so sure their gravy boat is unsinkable?
First Russia now China?
They are too stupid and arrogant to know they are screwing with the wrong people.
This is the expected US response to China’s efforts to absorb Taiwan, meeting an attack with full force. So I suppose that China will remain in the ‘gray area,’ using tactics in cyber, in propaganda, and politics, also perhaps a blockade. That makes China less likely to “scare” with B-52 bombers.
Sun Tzu: “To fight and conquer in all our battles is not supreme excellence; supreme excellence consists in breaking the enemy’s resistance without fighting.”
“pacing” – means they need to keep pace or overtake us in military capability, for self defense. We’re over in that part of the world, not the reverse.
“Kendall warned that China has been preparing for a fight in its own backyard. “China has been re-optimizing its forces for great power competition …….””
How evil of the Chinese to prepare to fight in their own backyard.
The US has not been bloodied in country since the Civil War. In still have visions of Sherman burning Atlanta. California is already on fire.