There may be a military conflict between the US and China, but at the moment there is almost no chance of it, said the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Mark Milley, in an interview with Defense One.
He noted that there is a lot of rhetoric in both China and the United States that gives the impression that "war is imminent" or that both sides are "on the brink of war."
"It could really happen. I mean, there could be an incident that escalates out of control or some other conflict-inducing event. But for now, I don't classify it as probable," Milley said.
He also expressed his support for calls for the US to send arms to Taiwan as soon as possible.
Milli said that it is premature to say that the United States is worried about the China-Russia military alliance. The general noted that although there are some signs, the Russia-China rapprochement is very different from a real alliance.
Taiwan declared its independence from China in 1949. Beijing still considers the island as its separatist province. In the fall of 2022, David Cohen, the deputy director of the US Central Intelligence Agency, said that Chinese President Xi Jinping had ordered his military to prepare for the establishment of military control over Taiwan by 2027. Beijing also expressed its intention to "unify peacefully" with the island.
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