China’s Military Is Nowhere Near as Strong as the CCP Wants You to Think | Opinion

The Pentagon is “freaking out” because the U.S. could lose a war to China, Politico reported last week. War games suggest the People’s Liberation Army can take Taiwan after defeating American and Japanese forces. Losses will be horrific, everyone seems to be believe, and it’s not just the Pentagon foreseeing dire outcomes. In When China Attacks: A Warning to America, Grant Newsham predicts China is capable of humiliating U.S. forces. His chilling scenario, contained in a chapter called “China Pulls the Trigger,” is sobering reading. There are indeed many reasons to worry. The U.S. military may not yet be the…