{"id":1625,"date":"2023-01-02T22:04:09","date_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2023-01-02T22:04:09","modified_gmt":"2023-01-02T22:04:09","slug":"2023-the-year-of-war-china-readies-to-battle-america-over-taiwan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greatamericanewsdesk.com\/opinion\/2023-the-year-of-war-china-readies-to-battle-america-over-taiwan\/paul-crespo\/2023\/01\/","title":{"rendered":"2023: The Year of War \u2013 China Readies to Battle America over Taiwan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>ANALYSIS<\/em><\/strong> \u2013 Former Trump National Security Advisor and retired Lieutenant General H.R. McMaster is on a tear with the media, warning the nation of the biggest threats America faces in 2023.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, I wrote about the growing risk that Israel\u2019s new nationalist government led by prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu may strike Iran before the end of this year to prevent the Islamist regime from finally getting a nuke.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In that piece I quoted McMaster as saying: \u201cthe chances are quite high of a significant conflict in the Middle East, maybe entailing an Israeli strike on Iran\u2019s nuclear program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Israeli-Iranian conflict would certainly spread across the Middle East as Iran retaliates directly and asymmetrically, including targeting U.S. bases and interests.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And now McMaster warns about something most of us already know, but he brings new urgency to the threat &#8211; that China is preparing its military for war with the United States war over Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On CBS Face The Nation, McMaster said: &#8220;Xi Jinping has made it quite clear, in his statements, that he is going to make, from his perspective, China whole again by subsuming Taiwan.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;And preparations are underway,&#8221;&nbsp;he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Former Trump administration National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster says China&#39;s president is serious about his threats involving Taiwan: &quot;Xi Jinping is preparing the Chinese people for war.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6wfOuhtG9x\">pic.twitter.com\/6wfOuhtG9x<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FaceTheNation\/status\/1609595718213197825?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 1, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier, I reported here that the People\u2019s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) had just deployed one of its three aircraft carriers within miles of the U.S. territory of Guam, America\u2019s small but strategic outpost in the Western Pacific.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the closest the Chinese navy has ever sailed a warship of this size to any American territory.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And it is sending a message &#8211; Chinese naval forces can get close to U.S. bases as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But there is more. 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In November,&nbsp;<\/em><em>The Guardian&nbsp;<\/em><em>reported that Xi told his military to &#8220;focus all its energy on fighting&#8221; to prepare for a potential war.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;Focus all [your] energy on fighting, work hard on fighting and improve [your] capability to win,&#8221; he reportedly said.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to 2023, the year America should be concerned not only with Russia\u2019s war in Ukraine escalating and spreading into NATO Europe and possibly triggering some sort of nuclear incident, but also a war between Israel and Iran that could engulf the entire Middle East.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And to top it off, this could also be the year we see a major catastrophic war with China over Taiwan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Or even worse \u2013 we may face all three regional military conflicts at once.&nbsp;Happy New Year!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>Opinions expressed by contributors do not necessarily reflect the views of Great America News Desk.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ANALYSIS \u2013 Former Trump National Security Advisor and retired Lieutenant General H.R. 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