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[POLITICO] The Pentagon Is Freaking Out About a Potential War With China(archive.is)

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this is the funniest thing i’ve read in ages

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Earlier this year, CIA Director Bill Burns said the United States believes that Chinese President Xi Jinping has ordered his military to be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027. This was so, Burns said, despite the likelihood that Xi was “surprised and unsettled” by the “very poor performance” of the Russian military in Ukraine.

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2027 is a date that never appears in PRC sources, only white ones. america would like a war before 2025-2027 because after that the PLA advantage would be completely overwhelming

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The classic Pentagon-China gambit: never bother translating anything the Chinese write or say and instead just make up whatever fits today’s narrative about China.

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yeah lol. it might be a legit stylistic choice but at the same time they’ve completely lost the ability to digest chinese writings outside of running them through google translate

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