The Theodore Roosevelt fiasco shows how paranoid the Pentagon is about China
Jeff Schogol
Your friend and humble narrator owes the Navy an apology. Last week, this reporter thought the Navy was the most dysfunctional service on the planet, but the past seven days has shown that the Navy’s latest meltdown just reflects a wider insanity that has infected the entire U.S. military.
To wit: When it comes to China, every uniformed and civilian leader in the United States is completely paranoid. (It doesn’t help that the Fat Leonard scandal took out all the Navy officers who actually understand how China works.)
The Pentagon is fixated on China as an existential threat to American security. They worry that if the U.S. military retreats anywhere in the world, China will come rolling in like a sea to drown U.S. influence in former allies, such as the Philippines. (This is a 21st Century take on all the dominoes falling should South Vietnam fall to the communists.)
https://taskandpurpose.com/pentagon-run-down/theodore-roosevelt-debacle-shows-us-military-paranoid-about-china
