Secure Freedom Minute: Xi’s “Strategic Arson” Ignited America’s Acute Defense Shortfalls

There’s currently much hand-wringing that our arsenal of precision and long-range weapons has been depleted to the point where we may be unable to continue combat operations against Iran, let alone deter – and, if necessary, win – a war with Communist China.

Understandably, the Pentagon is reluctant to provide sensitive information on the topic. But leaks and congressional testimony suggest there’s truth to the speculation. 

If so, it’s the predictable result of “strategic arson” perpetrated by Chinese dictator Xi Jinping. His Russian and Iranian allies’ attacks on Ukraine and Israel, respectively, came after consultations in Beijing. And they have diverted our policy-makers, consumed our warriors’ energies and materiel and overwhelmed inadequate military production lines. 

The Trump administration and Congress are scrambling to expand our defense industrial base. The question is: Will China’s next arson in “World War Xi” wait until we do so?  

This is Frank Gaffney. 

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