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Gen. Milley: China Outpacing US Military at ‘Disturbing' Rate
2023-03-31
[Epoch Times}Testifying at a House Armed Services Committee hearing on the Department of Defense's 2024 budget requests, Milley noted that China has a national goal to be a "global coequal" with the United States and "militarily superior" by 2049.

"They're on that path to do that, and that's really disturbing," he said. "That's really bothersome. And we're going to have to not only keep pace, but we have to outpace that, and that will assure the peace."

Of particular concern is China's nuclear development program, Milley said, holding that there is little the United States could do to "stop, slow down, disrupt, interdict, or destroy" it.
"We would, however, maintain proper pronoun usage strategic advantage"
Posted by:Bobby

#14  And I suppose that none, absolutely none of this is any of his fault.

To paraphrase the late Sen. Dirksen, "Don't blame me, don't blame me, blame that man behind the tree."
Posted by: Tom   2023-03-31 16:20  

#13  Gonna need more than that.

Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-31 13:25  

#12  Sorting out the Pentagon is going to take a wood chipper.
Posted by: Super Hose   2023-03-31 12:37  

#11  ^ to include retirements. If you just want to play bookkeeping tricks, move that to the VA.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-03-31 11:36  

#10  23% of the defense budget is for personnel costs alone.
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2023-03-31 11:11  

#9  The US military budget is 3x's that of
China.
Posted by: Bill Greans6336   2023-03-31 10:29  

#8  ...Well, GEN Milley seems to be on good terms with them - after all, he did an end run past the President of the United States and the SECDEF to assure them that we wouldn't be going to war with them. I'm sure another quick phone call will clear this all right up.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2023-03-31 09:47  

#7  They will only outpace us if we let them.

And Biden is doing a bang up job of making sure that happens.
Posted by: DarthVader   2023-03-31 09:26  

#6  Reads like Milly is submitting a request for a raise to his Han overseers.
Posted by: Mercutio   2023-03-31 09:04  

#5  From Skid's 2nd link:
The Pentagon told Fox News Digital in a statement, explaining why it was disbanding the unit, that, "The Department of Defense Education Activity’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts for our employees and in support of high achievement for our 67,000 military-connected students remains unchanged."

IOW - "We got caught"
Posted by: Frank G   2023-03-31 08:43  

#4  Our southern border is overrun. You have FAILED in the basic reason for your existence.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2023-03-31 07:32  

#3  GOP rep stumps top military leaders [Milley] with question on base drag shows: 'First I'm hearing about that'

...and one wonders why.

Pentagon disbands DEI unit after chief accused of 'racism' against Whites, injects agenda deeper into agency
Posted by: Skidmark   2023-03-31 07:29  

#2  Milley is trying to help China meet their goal before 2049.
Posted by: Airandee   2023-03-31 07:16  

#1  'Made in China' box store graphic goes here.
Posted by: Besoeker   2023-03-31 03:50  

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