He blatantly claimed that there will be a war with China in 2025! Pentagon responds

　　China News Service, January 30 (Gan Tian) "My instinct tells me that the United States will go to war with China in 2025. Get ready." A few days ago, Mike Minihan, the four-star general of the United States and the commander of the Air Force Mobile Command (Mike Minihan) sent a memo to subordinate officers with the above bold prediction.

　　However, Minihan's claims are not widely supported.

Netizens criticized his remarks for revealing that "the warmonger America is thirsty for blood." An anonymous official of the Pentagon also spoke to the media, denying the "war" and seemed eager to disentangle the relationship...

Image source: Screenshot of NBC report

If there is a "war",

　　The internal memo, first revealed by NBC on Jan. 27, has since circulated on social media.

Specifically, there are several key points:

　　First, the so-called "reason for war" speculated by Minihan is that since Taiwan and the United States will hold "elections" in 2024, the United States will be "distracted" by then, and "China will have the opportunity to take action against Taiwan." action".

　　Second, in Minihan's imagination, if there is a conflict with China, the United States must at least make these preparations:

　　·Establish Joint Force Mobility Groups "ready to fight and win within the first island chain."

　　· Instruct all personnel in the command to practice "shooting at the target, aiming at the head."

　　Instructing troops to prepare to "deliver 100 UAVs of current size and model in a single aircraft."

NBC believes that this move allows the outside world to understand the capability that the United States is considering and may use in a conflict with China-drone swarms.

　　Urging all personnel to undergo certain risk training and update their emergency contacts, etc.

The picture shows Mike Minihan, commander of the U.S. Air Force Mobile Command.

Image source: U.S. Air Force website

Speaking wild words, what is the background of the four-star general of the United States?

　　According to reports, Minihan has served as the US military's relevant positions in the Pacific region since 2013, including serving as the deputy commander of the "Indo-Pacific" command from September 2019 to August 2021, responsible for China-related affairs.

　　In 2021, Minihan will take over Air Mobility Command.

With nearly 50,000 troops and nearly 500 aircraft, the service transports and refuels.

　　In the eyes of the US media, Minihan's memo is obviously "exaggerated and unusual."

A Pentagon spokesman confirmed that, "Yes, he did send the memo."

　　A spokesman for Air Force Maneuver Command also said Minihan's thinking was based on "Air Maneuver Command's readiness for future conflict should deterrence fail."

Data map: On October 25, 2018, NATO held the "Trident Junction 2018" joint military exercise in Norway and its surrounding areas.

The picture shows the US Marine Corps and the 24th Marine Expeditionary Team moving towards the target.

'Warmonger America thirsts for blood'

　　Although the Pentagon confirmed the existence of the Minihan memo, they seemed more anxious to disassociate themselves.

A U.S. Department of Defense official said bluntly that Minihan's remarks were personal opinions and "do not represent the U.S. Department of Defense's views on China."

　　However, netizens did not buy it and criticized Minihan's remarks one after another.

　　Some netizens commented, "The warmonger America is thirsty for blood. I hope the battlefield is right on the doorstep of the United States."

Image source: Netizen social media screenshot

　　Some netizens also pointedly pointed out, "The United States threatens to launch war against any country and compete for hegemony or interests. The military-industrial empire that has been built up irresistibly since World War I has been completely integrated into the US economy, so that war and the threat of war have a short-term impact on China. Sustaining its profits and employment is critical."

Image source: Netizen social media screenshot

　　Some netizens commented, "The United States likes war, plunges the world into disaster, and then gains its own interests! All countries in the world should unite and drive the United States out of the earth!"

Image source: Netizen social media screenshot

　　From the perspective of historical facts, under the banner of anti-terrorism, the United States has done evil around the world, turning Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya, Syria and other countries into battlefields one after another, and many regions are still in chaos and turmoil.

　　In order to maintain its global hegemony, the United States has frequently discredited China's domestic and foreign policies, using the so-called "China threat theory" to win over its allies to carry out joint military exercises in an attempt to disrupt regional peace and stability.

　　Under such exaggeration, the United States has an excuse to continuously increase its own military expenditure.

According to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2023, US defense spending has reached a record high of more than 800 billion US dollars.

Among them, in the Asia-Pacific region, the United States will continue to allocate funds for the "Pacific Deterrence Initiative" to improve its combat readiness and response capabilities.

　　Semler, co-founder of the Institute for Security Policy Reform, an independent think tank in the United States, pointed out that compared with the present, the peak of US military spending during the Cold War pales in comparison. Politicians care more about whether the Pentagon has enough money to spend than they care about how the American people live. Sample.

Data map: News on January 3, 2020, Baghdad Airport in Iraq was hit by an air strike by the US military, and an Iranian officer was killed in the attack.

"Peaceful coexistence is the bottom line that China and the United States must stick to"

　　Regarding the actions of the United States, China has stated many times that Sino-US relations should not be a zero-sum game in which you lose and I win, and you rise and fall. The vast earth is enough for China and the United States to develop independently and prosper together.

　　As Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Xie Feng said recently, as the top two economies and permanent members of the Security Council, China and the United States share broad common interests and shoulder special and important responsibilities in maintaining world peace and stability and promoting global development and prosperity.

Sino-US relations go beyond the bilateral scope and have a bearing on the future and destiny of the world.

Cooperation between China and the United States will benefit both and the world; confrontation will hurt both and the world will suffer.

Promoting the healthy and stable development of Sino-US relations is a real responsibility to the people of the two countries and the world.

　　Xie Feng further emphasized that peaceful coexistence is the bottom line that China and the United States must stick to.

Once China and the United States conflict and confront, whether it is a cold war, a hot war, a trade war, or a technological war, it will eventually damage the interests of China, the United States and the rest of the world.

　　He pointed out that defining China as "the most important geopolitical threat" and setting up a "small circle" against China followed the example of the former Soviet Union to suppress China and encircle China through geopolitics such as the "Indo-Pacific strategy". , is bound to be futile.

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