It is becoming a case of when not if there will be a war between the US and China
It is becoming a case of when, not if, there will be a war between the U.S. and China. Nobody wants war and yet the public is being convinced that it might happen and if it does it will be a necessary evil. China is now the accepted enemy. Its real crime is that it is eclipsing the U.S. as the world’s most powerful economy. America will never accept a China with greater economic power and associated prestige. If it cannot out-trade its rival, or through alliances and trade war policies, manage to restrict and reduce China, then the final option becomes not only thinkable but a real option. There is now no pretense about the aims and motivations of the U.S. in the region. Speaking before the Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in March 2021, Admiral Philip Davidson, head of the Indo-Pacific Command declared: At the same time, the U.S. military has asked Congress to double its budget in the Pacific. The Pentagon made the request as part of its Pacific Deterrence Initiative. The focus of the „initiative“ is based on providing a network of missiles in Taiwan, Okinawa, and the Philippines that directly target China and with the capacity to ’sustain combat operations for extended periods.‘ These missiles are only a few minutes flying time to Beijing. The U.S. missile buildup in the Pacific follows Washington’s withdrawal from the INF Treaty. The two events cannot be regarded as coincidental. The withdrawal from the INF Treaty had been the most significant nuclear arms reduction treaty of the 20th Century.
