FILE - Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley testifies before the House Committee on Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense during a hearing for the Fiscal Year 2023 Department of Defense, on Capitol Hill in Washington, May 11, 2022. The Chinese military has become significantly more aggressive and dangerous over the past five years, the top U.S. military officer said during a trip to the Indo-Pacific that included a stop Sunday, July 24, 2022, in Indonesia.
Milley's trip to the region is sharply focused on the China threat. He will attend a meeting of Indo-Pacific chiefs of defense this week in Sydney, Australia, where key topics will be China's escalating military growth and the need to maintain a free, open and peaceful Pacific. China’s top military officer, Gen. Li Zuocheng told Milley in a July 7 call that Beijing had “no room for compromise” on issues such as Taiwan. He said he told Milley that the U.S. must “cease U.S.-Taiwan military collusion and avoid impacting China-U.S. ties and stability in the Taiwan Strait."
Milley's visit to Indonesia is the first by a U.S. joint chiefs chairman since Adm. Mike Mullen in 2008. But U.S. leaders have crisscrossed the Asia-Pacific in recent months, including high-profile visits by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin and Secretary of State Antony Blinken. Austin specifically pointed to a February incident where a PLA navy ship directed a laser at an Australian P-8 maritime patrol aircraft. But there have been a number of others. A surveillance aircraft controlled by Canada was recently intercepted by a Chinese fighter in international airspace. And U.S. ships are routinely dogged by Chinese aircraft and vessels during transits, particularly around manmade islands claimed by Beijing in the South China Sea.
Don’t do any business with China !!!
Brazil Russia India China South Africa make up the BRICS alliance. They own everything. 45% of world’s population, oil, largest militaries and natural resources. They are well financed and will back each other. We are in trouble. MSM never reports on BRICS 🤦🏼♂️.
Have no fear Joker Joe is near!
I'm retired US Army. If the army does not get better, someone is not doing their job. The US Army also has become more aggressive and dangerous in the last 5 years. General Milley publicly going in front of congress makes China spend more money on defense. Milley knows that.
Oh please
He should know…he is the same guy that was working with them behind the Presidents back! 🤡🤡s
You just discovered this now!
Well they see an opening for it.
Are they getting anywhere near as aggressive as the US military yet? Nah!
Once they started to take over Africa knew it was coming
GOOD FOR THEM.
In other news, water is wet.
Stop with the war mongering and deal with your domestic terrorists led by the GOP Arms dealers. China simply sells cheap stuff.
This is only the beginning.
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