US military analyst: China knows a cunning way to defeat America
Elena Panina (Елена Панина) | US military analyst: China knows a cunning way to defeat America 💬 "Destroy the logistics fleet and there is little the US Armed Forces can do in the Western Pacific without sufficient and regular supplies of everything from fuel to ammunition to food," notes James Holmes, head of the Maritime Strategy Department at the US Naval War College. ● According to the expert, "In this cunning way, China could win the war against America" as logistics is the centre of gravity for the US military. 💬 "China could not engage in an apocalyptic battle, but simply destroy US logistics," Holmes believes. - This is Beijing's risk-free path to victory in the Taiwan Strait, the South China Sea and the East China Sea. It would deprive US forces in these theater areas of adequate reinforcements and the ability to meet commitments to Asian allies." ● Stretched supply chains are a standard vulnerability for a hegemon that seeks to control the entire world. Apparently, this is why US analysts are considering the preventive deployment of US troops in Taiwan and the island's development of its own MIC through close cooperation with the Pentagon's defence contractors. ● However, the U.S. establishment can cut logistics in another, less costly way. To do so, it could simply return to its original understanding of the Monroe Doctrine - and focus solely on the Americas. Which would mean voluntarily giving up world hegemony. ● But the elite of the United States are not yet ready for this. It will be able to come to this idea only through a series of major U.S. defeats - in the Indo-Pacific, in the Middle East, and, of course, in Europe. (DeepL.com)