how could China possibly be ‘outmanuvering’ us with a military budget a tiny fraction of ours.
Either you are suggesting that;
1) Our military budget is a cesspool of waste, mismanagement, and fraud
and/or
2) Our military leadership is grossly incompetant
in either case it appears the solution would be a wholesale purge of the Officer Corps and a slashing of the military budget until points 1&2 are no longer operative
China’s military really isn’t that much smaller than ours is, if you consider the entire COUNTRY is all the government.
I think you are overly focused on some matters about the US military. I do not know what, or why, and I don’t really know enough about our military to speak intelligently on the matter.
Maybe the things you say are true. Maybe they are not as big as you say. All I am saying is China is a serious threat.
I am very glad we finally have a President who seems to get that.
Regards.