Pentagon Chief Mark Esper Cautions World: ‘Wake Up’ to China Threat

Breitbart ^ | 02-16-20 | Simon Kent

[Steve1999]

China steals Western capabilities, intimidates smaller nation states and seeks “advantage by any means and at any cost,” U.S. Defense Secretary Mark Esper cautioned on Saturday as he cast the world’s most populous nation as a disruptive threat to world order.

Esper used an address at the 2020 Munich Security Conference in Germany to give a comprehensive condemnation of China that he said topped the Pentagon’s list of potential adversaries, followed by Russia and “rogue states” such as North Korea and Iran

[dp0622]

Why is Russia on the list? He’s a hero to some around here. :) So what if he supports countries that use terrorism against the west? Even kill Americans.

He’s against gay marriage. Or something.

And China may be be a little weaker in about a year with a shattered economy if they don’t get this virus under control

[grey_whiskers]

It's economic Mutually Assured Destruction. Or worse.

China makes about 75% of the drugs, and most of the feedstock chemicals, as well as almost all of the miscellaneous "oh, that's just a gasket" / "that's just a resistor" / etc. parts which keep larger factories ...or VEHICLES running.