News from within the empire - From a leftist perspective
Gotta purge the local and regional resistance before comitting to China, its what i would do if i was a fascist USian.
“It is increasingly clear that China and Russia want to shape a world consistent with their authoritarian model,” the opening paragraphs of that document said.
Bruh.
This has strategic retreat written all over it.
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.
We are the strongest military power in the world, by that we mean we only fight nations with no hope of winning in a fight, and when they end up winning we come up with some lie on how we didn't loose and go fight a weaker nation until we win.
They withdrew from Afghanistan and then tried their luck against Russia, now they are scaling back from both Europe and Asia and trying their luck in their immediate backyard.