Senior US Defense Officials Warn of Possible War With China in 2025

Jan. 28 (EUROPA PRESS) –

Senior United States Defense officials have warned of the possibility of the country going to war with China in 2025 over the Asian giant’s aspirations to take control of the island of Taiwan, which considers the territory one more province under its sovereignty. .

The head of the US Air Force Air Mobility Command, Michael Minihan, reportedly asked his staff to speed up their preparations for “a possible conflict”, citing the aspirations of Chinese President Xi Jinping and the possibility that the Americans “will not pay care until it’s too late”, according to ‘The Washington Post’.

“I hope I’m wrong (…) My instinct tells me that we will fight in 2025,” Minihan wrote in a statement sent to the staff under his command, warning that Taiwan’s presidential elections are in 2024 and will serve as justification for the Chinese government .

Likewise, the military high command has stressed that the US presidential elections will also take place that year, which “will offer Xi a distracted United States.” “Xi’s team, reason and opportunity are all aligned by 2025,” he said.

Minihan’s memo encourages the thousands of troops under his command to prepare for war in several other ways. All staff reporting to him should “consider their own business” and be more aggressive with training, he instructs.

“Run deliberately, not recklessly,” he writes. “If you’re comfortable with your approach to training, then you’re not taking enough of a risk.”

The memo, dated February 1 — which would be several days away from publication — has been verified as authentic by Air Force spokeswoman Hope Cronin in statements to NBC.

“It builds on the fundamental efforts of the Air Mobility Command last year to prepare the Air Mobility Forces for future conflict, should deterrence fail,” Minihan told the aforementioned outlet in connection with the statement.

This warning comes months after CIA chief William Burns claimed China could attack Taiwan “within years to come,” claiming Chinese President Xi Jinping “is preparing for war” in his ambition to unify the island to Chinese territory.

“I’m not sure I measure it in terms of months or a year (…) The honest answer is that the further into this decade we go, the greater the risks of a military conflict,” the CIA chief said in a statement. interview with PBG network.

Taiwan has had an independent government since 1949, but China considers the territory under its sovereignty. The Chinese government’s fundamental policy towards Taiwan has so far been one of peaceful reunification under the “one country, two systems” principle.