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The US and China could go to war with each other within two years, in 2025. This is the warning to his subordinates from General Michael Minihan, the head of Air Mobility Command, which oversees the fleet of transport and refueling aircraft. The Washington Post writes it. The senior officer urged his men to step up their preparations for a possible conflict, citing Chinese President Xi Jimping’s aspirations and the possibility that Americans are not paying due attention. If not, then once the conflict has started it will be too late. “I hope I’m wrong, but my gut tells me we’re going to fight in 2025,” he wrote in a note already distributed to his staff.
Xi secured his third term and established his war council in October 2022. Taiwan’s presidential election will be held in 2024 and will provide Xi with a reason. The United States presidential election is slated for 2024 and will offer Xi a scattered America. Xi’s team, sanity and opportunity are all aligned to 2025,” he concludes.
Minihan: Be more aggressive. The Air Force confirms the memo
Minihan’s memo encourages the thousands of troops under his command to prepare for war in many other ways. “Run consciously, not recklessly – he writes – if you’re comfortable in your approach to training, then you’re not taking enough risks,” but you need to be “more aggressive.” The memo, first reported by NBC News on Friday, is dated Feb. 1 and was distributed to Minihan’s junior commanders. An Air Force spokeswoman, Major Hope Cronin, confirmed its authenticity, writing in a statement shared with the media after the note circulated on social media that Minihan’s order “is based on fundamental efforts that last… Year by Air Mobility Command to prepare Air Mobility Forces for future conflicts should deterrence fail.” But a defense official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said Minihan’s comments were “not representative of the ministry’s views on China “.
