![]() ![]() from provoking the invasion of Taiwan that it would use as an excuse for war. So the storm clouds gather, as China, too, speeds up its production of nuclear missiles and muscles up its army, the better, Beijing hopes, to deter the U.S. Specifically, reported Reuters February 8, “to simulate high-end combat operations, against Chinese fighter aircraft and defenses.” Also in early February, there bubbled up more murmurings in the press about Tokyo beefing up its military and boosting ties with the Philippines, the better to confront Beijing – at Washington’s behest, of course. and Australian militaries engaged in joint air drills over the Nevada desert, in preparation for…war with China. Proving the veracity of Minihan’s talkative gut, we learned February 8 that the U.S., U.K. In which case it’s time to head for the hills – since every place else will be radioactive. “My gut tells me we will fight in 2025,” he wrote in a memo to his subordinates. In fact, a four-star general, Mike Minihan, said as much January 27. navy aircraft carriers steaming toward Taiwan. I’m not sure what that something is, but it’s a good bet it ends with U.S. This is majority leader Kevin “Trump’s the Man” McCarthy’s baby, and if it sounds to you like a forum for much grandstanding and frothing about the communist menace, the yellow peril and the need to beef up the FBI, CIA, DIA and NSA, so they can hunt down China’s spies from the halls of government to the groves of academe – “they’re everywhere” supposedly – you may be onto something. So as soon as the baton passed to Republicans in the House, they set up a select committee on China. Riled up against China, GOP congressmembers have long felt that Washington’s new cold war needed a special venue. Photograph Source: Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy – Public Domain ![]()
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