Posted on 02/28/2023 9:41:13 AM PST by Red Badger
U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth predicted that if China got into a "major war" with the U.S. the Communist-led country would attack the American homeland.
"The United States homeland would be at risk as well with both kinetic attacks and non-kinetic attacks – whether it's cyberattacks on the power grid or on pipelines," Wormuth said Monday at the American Enterprise Institute, a Washington, D.C.-based think tank.
Kinetic military action is a euphemism for active warfare, including the use of lethal force, according to Politico. Non-kinetic action includes soft force such as diplomacy and cyberspace operations.
Wormuth also said the Chinese attacks would be used to lower U.S. morale.
"They are going to go after the will of the United States public," she said. "They're going to try to erode support for a conflict."
China-U.S. relations appear to be further deteriorating – amid recent concerns about the Chinese Communist Party spying with over North American with surveillance balloon and its possible military support of Russia in its war on Ukraine.
My morale is already low because of the actions of my own government, I don’t need the Chinese to demoralize me.
One of the reasons they pushed their buddy, FJB, upon us....to lower our morale.
They had it pegged about right. /s
Likely to backfire, just like the strategic bombing campaigns in WWII. They’d have to go full EMP in which case they’d get a similar response.
I think the Japanese made the same mistake.
This is why we always should have had a robust missile defense system and not relied on MAD.
Too many thousands of ICBM warheads are in the hands of too many dictators.
Ha! That would be making the same mistake as the Japanese attacking Pearl Harbor. It would only unify and motivate the American people...
The enemy of my enemy is my friend.
When your army secretary is named Christine, you are not ready for a war with China.
“would be used to lower U.S. morale.”
How much lower can it go? At least whatever Ukranians are in the country would mount some fight.
“U.S. Army Secretary Christine Wormuth” ...is an idiot who doesn’t know WTF she is talking about.
Asians will colonize us (with our money sent to China) like Hispanics are right now. And buy our politicians. The CCP has no need for a shooting war in this battle.
I’ve never been through a world war, but I don’t think my morale would be low. I’d be ready to fight to save my country!!!
Unify the American people? Not a chance.
I tend to think that President Trump would place a phone call — “Hey, President Xi ... my advisors think China might attack the US homeland. I told them they were worried about nothing. I told my advisors that China knows very well that if they attacked the US homeland in any way, we would just take out the Three Gorges Dam. I mean, you do know that right?”
So why is she coming out and saying the obvious, that if we get into a major war with China we can expect attacks here at home? Well duh. Is she warning us now that we have to remain tough in spite of these attacks? Well how about not provoking war with China to begin with?
“It would only unify and motivate the American people...”
Americans in those day were a different breed of cat.
Wake the sleeping tiger
They’ve already attacked us,with a Bio-weapon.🤨
“When your army secretary is named Christine, you are not ready for a war with China.”
Or a war With Luxembourg.
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