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| Xi Jinping Sets Sights On Taiwan Invasion By 2027, CIA Director Says |
| 2023-02-04 |
| [Daily Caller] China’s military received instructions to prepare for an invasion of Taiwan by 2027, CIA Director William Burns revealed Thursday. "We know as a matter of intelligence he has instructed the People’s Liberation Army to be ready by 2027 to conduct a successful invasion," Burns said in Fox News. The CIA chief made the remark at a Georgetown University event Thursday, where he warned listeners not to "underestimate President Xi’s ambitions with regard to Taiwan." (RELATED: China Denies Balloon Mysteriously Flying Over US Military Sites Is For Spying) A recent prediction shared by US Air Force General Mike Minihan has the U.S. face-to-face with China in 2025, according to a memo distributed to subordinates on January 27. The four-star general instructed officers to undertake preparations for the likelihood of war with China. Related: Invasion of Taiwan : 2022-10-24 No discussion on a Chinese invasion of Taiwan can take place without examining PLA's JFS. Invasion of Taiwan : 2022-08-30 Is Putin backing a Chinese invasion of Taiwan? Russia to hold major war games with China featuring naval exercises supporting ground troops in coastal areas Invasion of Taiwan : 2022-04-03 Taiwan's ‘silicon shield': Why island may not be the next Ukraine |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #8 /\ "Team play" results in successful retirement. I thought everyone knew that. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-04 12:05 |
| #7 "We make our own luck! Yeeaarrghh!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2023-02-04 11:59 |
| #6 ^ Predictive analysis can be wrong, which is bad for your career. If regime change fails, it is due to 'other factors', so the best move is to provide analysis that supports the regime change faction. Do you want to be right or do you want to be a team player? |
| Posted by: SteveS 2023-02-04 11:42 |
| #5 Maybe by 2027 Iran will finally have a nuke, the same nuke we've been "expecting" in six months since the 1980s. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2023-02-04 11:35 |
| #4 Oh, 2027, we've got lots of time. No worries, thanks XI, good to get the word from the crack wokester analysts at the Agency before we wasted time getting ready sooner! |
| Posted by: NoMoreBS 2023-02-04 11:32 |
| #3 Regime change really is their bread and butter. Predictive analysis is boring. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-04 09:54 |
| #2 And the CIA has been correct in their predictions when? USSR, Iran, Iraq, etc. |
| Posted by: AlanC 2023-02-04 09:51 |
| #1 Should come as a surprise to no one. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2023-02-04 01:51 |