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Eurasia
07/04/2023 07:00
Everyone needs to calm down about war with China, Gen. Mark Milley said last week, Defense One reported. “I think there’s a lot of rhetoric in China, and a lot of rhetoric elsewhere, to include the United States, that could create the perception that war is right around the corner or we’re on the brink of war with China,” Milley said in an interview. “It’s not impossible. But I don’t think at this point I would put it in the likely category, and I think that the rhetoric itself can overheat the environment,” he went on.
According to Global Times, “Milley clearly recognizes the predicament the US faces amid US politicians and media’s excessive hype of tensions with China. To some extent, he was saying that something has gone wrong in the US’ China policy, and the problem is mainly on the US side”.
“As a career soldier, Milley realizes when the US displays overly hawkish hostility against China, it goes far beyond the actual needs of American national interests. Thus, he made his point - the US military should not be dragged into a war with China for hysterical reasons, in other words, for the constant hype of unreasonable tensions”, Shen Yi, a professor at Fudan University, told the Global Times.
“The US still remains the most powerful country on the globe, but its toxic political environment has been eroding its strength since the end of the Cold War,” the newspaper added.