America, is ready.
General Jack Keane; a solely owned subsidiary of the military industrial complex. And proud of it!
Keane thumbs his nose at the border, it is beneath the dignity of our troops to have any role there. He is a pompous ass most of the time.
propaganda. Yes, China is capable, and yes they are growing, but will they EVER be able to replace the United States military in our global role? No. Never.
These jerks always downplay threats until it’s too late.
And by buying all that “Made in China” crap on our shelves, we helped build that military, because it’s the beneficiary of much of the manufacturing base in China.
Hey! So what if we’re funneling billions into our enemy’s military?! As long as I can save $1 on Walmart flip flops, it’s worth it!
It still stuns me that no one in power saw this coming from 1989-2016. Especially during the Clinton and Bush (I & II) years. It was as plain as the nose on anyone’s face and was totally ignored.
That being said, the threat assessment is always a bit of an exaggeration, designed to scare up funding. I remember the threat assessments when the USSR was still around. They were always 10 feet tall until they turned out to be midgets.
Doubt it.
Maybe when they have a 13 carrier navy, skies filled with post-Raptor designs of THEIR OWN ORIGIN, A-10 type Warthogs, W88’s that Bill and Hilary didnt give them, and freedom loving steel eating special forces that can match our own patriots....then maybe.
Until then, no chance.
The military industrial complex NEEDS a credible military threat, in order to justify huge expenditures. If no good threat exists, then it must be created. Thus, we hand over lots of our technology to China, and allow them to build a huge trade surplus they can use to build up their military.
After the collapse of the USSR, something needed to be created to replace it as a threat.
‘China’s military has strength to replace US as world’s superpower: Gen. Keane’
Not possible, we spend more on our military.
[I’ve actually heard that idiotic rationale on this site!]
Sensationalism, for hire.
If China was all that, they would have already fired on US assets in the South China Sea, where they are the strongest.
We need to stop fighting wars that do NOT belong to us.
Then we need to fight OUR war on our OWN border.
And as long as China can steal our tech then invade our own markets, then it just will not make sense to innovate in the USA:
We need to stop that.
Oh God! We need to attack somebody then! It’s been sooooo long!
Got to have a flow of natural resources to fight a big war. China’s coal supply for electricity and heat is day to day.
This guy is looking to leverage his contacts and clearance for money.
but do the Conscripts have the will power
China has a lot of men and weapons, but do they have the capability to coordinate their forces? Do they have a joint tactical command? Can their forces be depended upon to act independently to achieve mission goals or do they need constant input from the chain of command? Do they have the logistics to field forces far outside of their borders?
China’s modernized military looks great on paper, but it is untested and probably just a paper tiger.
A lot of attention goes to technology, but US forces are trained, hardened and experienced with operations all over the world. We have a culture of trusting our soldiers to carry out the mission without having to be prodded the whole way and letting them think independently to come up with clever solutions on the fly. We only lose wars because our politicians loose their nerve even when our soldiers have won the fight.
This guy is full of chit. On the order of Wesley Clark.
China NEEDS a war to help cure its overpopulation. Problem is, if they fight us there will not be much left for the survivors. They should take on India instead, since the Indians have the same problem but fewer nukes.