China could invade Taiwan before 2024?

 via Financial Times

The head of the US Navy has warned that the American military must be prepared for the possibility of a Chinese invasion of Taiwan before 2024, as Washington grows increasingly alarmed about the threat to the island.

Admiral Mike Gilday, chief of naval operations, said the US had to consider that China could take action against Taiwan much sooner than even the more pessimistic warnings.

The debate in the US about when China might invade Taiwan has intensified since Admiral Philip Davidson, then-head of Indo-Pacific Command, told Congress last year that the Chinese military could take action against Taiwan before 2027. Davidson’s warning was partly downplayed at the time, but officials have intensified their warnings over the past year.

“When we talk about the 2027 window, in my mind that has to be a 2022 window or potentially a 2023 window,” Gilday told the Atlantic Council on Wednesday. “I don’t mean at all to be alarmist . . . it’s just that we can’t wish that away.”

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Weird.

We've been getting a slow drumbeat of China being the pacing threat.

We've had the Commandant basically say that he doesn't give a fuck about the rest of the world, he's totally focused on China.

We got reports that the US military is in decline.

We've seen (my opinion) the weakening of the US military due to social issues.

Now we have an updated timetable.

It's one of two things.

1.  The intel is indicating the updated timetable and they're prepping the public for war with China.

Or....

2.  It's a play to increase the defense budget in a time of societal upheaval due to a number of reasons and the public's desire to take care of home first.

Don't know.

Pass the popcorn.  The 2020's are sucking donkey dick.