Washington Prepares for World War III – Pentagon is Concerned, a Military Conflict With China and/or Russia is Inevitable
by AMY S.
PrepperFortress.com
JULY 6, 2016
The warning comes as Europe engages in some of its biggest ever war games — right on Russia’s front door. It’s a deliberate ploy, intended to remind Moscow of the consequences of its duplicitous invasion of Ukraine.
Half a world away, the “w” word was mentioned again yesterday. This time in an editorial by a Chinese state controlled paper. Said the Global Times: “If the United States’ bottom line is that China has to halt its activities, then a US-China war is inevitable in the South China Sea.”
China’s defense spending has tripled over the last decade
China has warned that it was ready to use military force if the U.S. violates its territorial waters. It would be the culmination of the Chinese and U.S. political, diplomatic, and military maneuvers over the last year. China has claimed full sovereignty over vast swathes of the South China Sea, built artificial islands, and established military facilities. It underscores how quickly and dramatically the military balance has shifted in Asia-Pacific.
BARACK Obama could send the US Army to confront China as tensions flare over its territorial claims in the South China Sea.
The US President is discussing the possibility of sending artillery units to the hotly contested region – where China is said to be building military bases on artificial islands.
A senior US defence chief has said the plan to install defensive gun positions in the region could soon go ahead.
So, why are experts worried about a potential World War 3? China’s defense budget has increased at an average of 11% since 1996, narrowing the military gap with the United States. Harvard scholar Graham Allison says that its China’s defense spending has tripled and its economy has grown 10 times (in dollar terms after taking into account the strengthening of yuan) in the last ten years.
The Chinese-government newspaper The Global Times was even more blunt.
“We do not want a military conflict with the United States, but if it were to come, we have to accept it,” an editorial reads.
“The intensity of the conflict will be higher than what people usually think of as ‘friction’.”
Another newspaper, The People’s Daily, editorialised last September that Beijing should prepare itself for a third world war arising out of the standoff between the United States and Russia.
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