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I'm coming back to this a few days later because the official new Pentagon policy deprioritizes China: > The National Defense Strategy — a dramatic shift from
by epistasis 9mo ago
I'm coming back to this a few days later because the official new Pentagon policy deprioritizes China:
> The National Defense Strategy — a dramatic shift from even the first Trump administration — no longer focuses primarily on countering China. Instead, it blames past administrations for ignoring American interests and jeopardizing the U.S. military’s access to the Panama Canal and Greenland.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/pentagon-national-defense-strategy-00745499 https://www.politico.com/news/2026/01/23/pentagon-national-d...
Edit: big news day for China Hawks proving to be frauds, this is from the WSJ
Trump Administration Pushes Out Key Officials Focused on China Tech Threat
Departing staffers worked for a Commerce Department office charged with protecting the U.S. from Chinese technological advances
https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-administration-pushes-out-key-officials-focused-on-china-tech-threat-cd2dde3f https://www.wsj.com/politics/national-security/trump-adminis...
- FuriouslyAdrift 9mo agoWe've moved from defensive posture to active "grey zone" warfare... https://www.aei.org/op-eds/economic-defense-unit-how-the-u-s-military-wins-in-the-gray-zone/ https://www.aei.org/op-eds/economic-defense-unit-how-the-u-s...