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Coventina

(26,844 posts)
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 05:28 PM Mar 2023

Well, this isn't terrifying or anything. Air Force general shoots his mouth off:

Air Force general predicts war with China in 2025, tells officers to prep by firing 'a clip' at a target, and 'aim for the head'

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/us-air-force-general-predicts-war-china-2025-memo-rcna67967

A four-star Air Force general sent a memo on Friday to the officers he commands that predicts the U.S. will be at war with China in two years and tells them to get ready to prep by firing "a clip" at a target, and "aim for the head."

In the memo sent Friday and obtained by NBC News, Gen. Mike Minihan, head of Air Mobility Command, said, “I hope I am wrong. My gut tells me will fight in 2025.”

Air Mobility Command has nearly 50,000 service members and nearly 500 planes and is responsible for transport and refueling.

Minihan said in the memo that because both Taiwan and the U.S. will have presidential elections in 2024, the U.S. will be “distracted,” and Chinese President Xi Jinping will have an opportunity to move on Taiwan.

He lays out his goals for preparing, including building “a fortified, ready, integrated, and agile Joint Force Maneuver Team ready to fight and win inside the first island chain.”

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This seems really stupid to me. Warmongering, and then telling the press what your plan is?

This guy needs to be retired, IMHO.

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Well, this isn't terrifying or anything. Air Force general shoots his mouth off: (Original Post) Coventina Mar 2023 OP
I think he has some valid points. But it should be classified, top secret. Irish_Dem Mar 2023 #1
He's obviously wrong, I think it will happen much sooner yaesu Mar 2023 #2
+1 DashOneBravo Mar 2023 #6
This loose cannon needs to "offered" Dum Aloo Mar 2023 #3
My gut tells me ... Xoan Mar 2023 #4
Dumb ProfessorGAC Mar 2023 #5
When I was about 12 in the early '60's mnhtnbb Mar 2023 #7

Irish_Dem

(45,619 posts)
1. I think he has some valid points. But it should be classified, top secret.
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 05:35 PM
Mar 2023

Active duty generals should keep their mouths shut.

Unless someone sent him out to talk on purpose.

yaesu

(8,020 posts)
2. He's obviously wrong, I think it will happen much sooner
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 05:38 PM
Mar 2023
just kidding, no one knows if or when China will go nuts and start a war but a General needs to be much more mature than me and keep his opinions to himself.

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
5. Dumb
Wed Mar 1, 2023, 09:51 PM
Mar 2023

It's a wild theory combined with a wish from a guy who wouldn't be in the front lines.
The terrifying part isn't the incredibly unlikely outcome he proclaims. It's that this nut is general.

mnhtnbb

(31,318 posts)
7. When I was about 12 in the early '60's
Thu Mar 2, 2023, 11:37 AM
Mar 2023

I was messing around with a Ouija board with two girl friends. This was probably about the time of the Cuban Missile Crisis. We asked the board who would start WW III. The answer? China. Creeped the bejesus out of all three of us. I don't think we ever played with the Ouija board again after that.

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