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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWell, 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.
Irish_Dem
(45,619 posts)Active duty generals should keep their mouths shut.
Unless someone sent him out to talk on purpose.
yaesu
(8,020 posts)Dum Aloo
(222 posts)a different position.
Xoan
(25,294 posts)ProfessorGAC
(64,413 posts)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)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.