The four-star general in charge of the US Air Force’s Air Mobility Command has defended a memo he sent to his officers earlier this year where he predicted the US would be at war with China in 2025.
“My assessment is that war is not inevitable, but the readiness I’m driving with that timeline is absolutely essential to deterrence and absolutely essential to the decisive victory,” Gen. Mike Minihan said last week when asked about his prediction, according to Defense One.
“There needs to be tension on readiness, more than just ‘be ready tonight.’ You need to have readiness that drives urgency. The urgency and the action are paramount,” he added.
Minihan noted that the memo, dated February 1, included the words: “I hope I am wrong.” But the memo to his officers ordered them to be prepared for a fight with China, and while the Pentagon distanced itself from Minihan’s timeline, the US is openly preparing for a direct war with China by building up its forces in the Asia Pacific and increasing military support for Taiwan.
Minihan’s prediction is that the war would be sparked over a Chinese move on Taiwan. “My gut tells me we will fight in 2025. [Chinese President Xi Jinping] secured his third term and set his war council in October 2022. Taiwan’s presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer Xi a reason. United States’ presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer Xi a distracted America. Xi’s team, reason, and opportunity are all aligned for 2025,” the memo reads.
The memo included several orders for Air Mobility Command personnel, including getting their personal affairs in order. “All AMC personnel will consider their personal affairs and whether a visit should be scheduled with their servicing base legal office to ensure they are legally ready and prepared,” Minihan wrote.
Tic toc, tic toc…
Tic Toc in reverse direction…! He meant to say the start downfall of US hegemony…!
Boy that seems like a bad idea.
The US General himself is a bad idea. (Sarcasm)
Typical yank general who has never been in a fair fight with anyone , he thinks it will be Iraq or Libya ect over again a one sided fight .
In 2029-2030. This is all just saber rattling.
I wish. The main problem is with the exception of us here, NOBODY else disagrees with him! We’ve all been raised on a steady diet of “Deterrence and Victory” all our lives.
(Sarcasm)
The General is simply negotiating a bigger budget. China appreciates life and prefers to use college scholarships and job offers over the US chaos method. Taiwan can see the Hong Kong method and will one day want a seat at the governance table of all China.
Americans have very little appreciation for life of Earth.
Americans are worldly. They lack perception beyond what television and cable give them. They are stupors.
China is doing better at capitalism than we are.
He’s a little optimistic there that we have until 2025. With the war mongering crew in the Biden Administration, could happen before then.
Antiwar folks, What’s not to like about this US General? Where we’re going under this leadership, we don’t need our lives to enjoy more “democracy and freedom!” (Sarcasm)
i have a Toyota and a Ford and a Honda.
and a Gibson and a Fender.
what
I have a dodge, ford. Sold my Honda. Don’t play guitar. Played drums (terribly) years ago. My parents had a Peugeot and a Volkswagen. Also a Renault that burned to the ground due to a electric short. My first car was a ’53 Olds. A tank. Second car was a ’56 beetle that hydroplaned on the freeway in heavy rain, sending the car into the center divider. Totaled. Real fun experience………………….
Can anyone think of anything that would cause more death and destruction than a war between The U.S. & China????? Perhaps a war with Russia and China against the U.S. and its NATO vassals and some other coalition of stupids. Why is it the weak talk tough and the strong let their militaries do the talking by what they DO, not just SAY…?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Ignorance = Freedom
After the U.S. loses another war, this time against Russia, https://www.lewrockwell.com/2023/09/no_author/how-will-the-biden-administration-cope-with-its-loss-in-ukraine/ they’ll mostly double down and set themselves up for another losing adventure against China.
Actually, 2024 may be a last chance to create a war, since the Taiwanese election is likely to overthrow the current govt and return to peace and free trade with China.
Either way though, with the example of Ukraine fresh in everyone’s minds, I doubt if the Taiwanese will willingly play the role of sacrificial lamb to Empire.
Aholes in uniform. Not much can be added.
The yanks will lose more soldiers fighting China than they did in Vietnam , with the yanks it`s usually a one sided fight not this time the Chinese are ready and waiting and fighting in their own back yard , and the one thing the yank military depend on is having the skies all to themselves to bomb civilians not this time , TBH i hope if war does take place the Chinese put the yanks back in their box because they are nothing but a war mongering regime .
did you just call uncle sam an assh*le ?
You don’t think they’ll tap the Taiwanese, Japanese, Australians, etc. to do the fighting and dying ? I’ve heard a rumor that that’s how we handle these things now. (Sarcasm)
delegation of authority
what
edit = “(sarcasm)”
It would be mighty difficult for US soldiers to somehow be involved in a war with China; the primary US effort could include only the Navy and Air Force. The Army pretends it would participate by providing artillery from an island somewhere maybe perhaps.
Yup. And the PLA Ground Force is twice the size of the active duty US Army, almost all stationed . . . in China.
“… providing artillery from an island somewhere maybe perhaps….”
omg sir you should run for office
i would vote for you
vote
what
edit = President Bacon!
you couldn’t make this sh*t up.
Ummm, yeah. Blame it all on them.
The new JCS Chairman agrees with the urgency of war with China.
. . .from military dot com:
so the MF’s are telling us that we will have a war within 2 years from now ?
“now I spend my time I get all around!”
The Elections will show that Taiwan wants to be part of China so there won’t be a reason to have a War.
I hope you are right. Wouldn’t that be a slap in the face to the U.S.?
The next Proxy War with the western minority world propaganda organs in full support. So like WW1.
Can anyone reading this reply think of anything worse that the U.S. could do to its people and the people of the world than get into a war with China..???? Maybe someone here might be able to think of something better that the U.S. could DO, than get in a war with China? ?????? Why are these leaders talking so dangerously…???? Do they want us all to die from nuclear winter and deadly fallout….????? What makes these men talk like this…?????? I don’t remember any explanation for this dangerous talk & planing for war in two years!!! Are they all senile, just stupid and or suicidal…????? WHAT IS GOING ON ????????????????????????????????
All of the above, they are people without character, without decency and conscience and lack a moral compass.
The general will need to build a bridge to cross over the Pacific since ships do sink.
Compliments of The Gray Zone: https://www.ambassadorllp.com/ap-insights/the-us-economic-war-on-china Unfettered capitalism?? Or deviousness…………..so it goes……………..
2023: Oceania is at war with Eurasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eurasia.
2025: Oceania is at war with East Asia….