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Pentagon plan prioritizes homeland over China threat (www.politico.com)
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[โ€“] cfgaussian@lemmygrad.ml 22 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This has strategic retreat written all over it.

[โ€“] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah big time, and it's notable that the drafting of the National Defense Strategy was led by Eldridge Colby, who literally wrote a book on deterring China. I guess seeing the actual Pentagon assessments might've sobered him up.