U.S. general warns troops that war with China is possible in two years

[Zorro]

Gen. Michael A. Minihan, who oversees the Air Force’s fleet of transport and refueling aircraft, cited the 2024 presidential elections in Taiwan and the United States as part of his rationale

China could be at war with the United States two years from now, a top Air Force general predicted in a bombastic and unusual memo to troops under his command, asserting a shorter timeline before potential conflict than other senior U.S. defense officials.

Gen. Michael A. Minihan, who as head of Air Mobility Command oversees the service’s fleet of transport and refueling aircraft, warned personnel to speed their preparations for a potential conflict, citing Chinese President Xi Jinping’s aspirations and the possibility that Americans will not be paying attention until it is too late.

“I hope I am wrong,” Minihan wrote. “My gut tells me we will fight in 2025. Xi secured his third term and set his war council in October 2022. Taiwan’s presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer Xi a reason. United States’ presidential elections are in 2024 and will offer Xi a distracted America. Xi’s team, reason, and opportunity are all aligned for 2025.”

Minihan then directs airmen who are qualified to use a weapon to “fire a clip into a 7-meter target with the full understanding that unrepentant lethality matters most” sometime in February.

“Aim for the head,” he said.

https://wapo.st/3Dj9i3C

Sounds like a General Jack D. Ripper clone.

[Duncanpup]

1. Hope not

We can destroy china in any offensive move yet I hope Minihan is wrong.

[snowybirdie]

2. Air Force has many

Right wing members. Academy in Colorado Springs is filled with them. He should be disciplined for his tirade.

[PortTack]

3. Agree! That statement is a joke! Xi is too smart to blindly go into war. He is closely watching

Russia and knows that the country and his regimen cannot survive if they pick a fight with Taiwan.

Geez who is this guy??

For an indepth look at XI, China and their woes take a look at geopolitical experts Peter zeihan or George Friedman

[dalton99a]

4. "When you can kill your enemy, every part of your life is better. Your food tastes better."

Minihan, who entered the Air Force as a C-130 pilot, has previously captured attention for his strident, colorful language.

In September, he said at a military conference outside Washington that the Air Force had caused the largest “pile of our nation’s enemy dead” within the U.S. military.

“Lethality matters most,” he added, according to Task & Purpose, a military publication. “When you can kill your enemy, every part of your life is better. Your food tastes better. Your marriage is stronger.”

[karin_sj]

7. Well, that's pretty sick

What a psycho

[3Hotdogs]

16. Did he study under

"Bombs Away" Lemay?

[Chainfire]

5. I guess that it is possible that we will be at war with Canada in two years too.

I wonder how many transport and fueling crews he thinks would come within seven yards of a Chinese trooper? The Peter Principle is alive and well in the US military. Saber rattling idiots like that do not need to be in charge of troops and they don't need a microphone to the world.

[friend of a friend]

6. "airmen who are qualified to use a weapon" aren't all airmen qualified to use a weapon?

[Journeyman]

9. No. I had to exhibit proficiency with firing an M16, but I cannot clear a jam or field strip it. . .

and without those basic skills I am not qualified to use the weapon.

[friend of a friend]

15. I'm sorry, but that seems weird to me.

Members of the military who can be sent to a war zone at any time need to be able to not only fire a weapon but also take care of it. My preference has always been the M-14. I can still picture in my mind breaking one down, cleaning it, and assembling it and I was never in a combat zone.

[Deuxcents]

8. The Pentagon needs to purge.

Some mental assessments n then some retirements.

[BWdem4life]

10. "Aim for the head"

shows the hatred inside this guy, which he hopes to spread.

[cloudbase]

11. Jack Ripper, please pick up the white courtesy phone.

Time to retire.

[Marcuse]

12. Nt

[Crazyleftie]

13. And so the drumbeat for war begins.....

[Midnight Writer]

14. Planting seeds of fear.

As if we need more of that crop.