The US has realized that containing China is no longer meaningful, and the US National Defense Strategy suggests that the US should abandon the containment of China! After our grand military parade, the American political news website Politico exclusively disclosed that unlike when President Trump first took office, where he emphasized deterring Beijing, it is reported that officials at the Pentagon responsible for drafting the latest version of the National Defense Strategy report have recommended that the Department of Defense should prioritize the protection of the US homeland and the Western Hemisphere.

The report points out that the key figure behind this major policy shift is the Deputy Secretary of Defense for Policy, Kopp, who played a key role in drafting the National Defense Strategy during Trump's first term, and who at that time had designated deterring China as the top priority. Although Kopp has long been an advocate for a hardline stance against China, he believes that allies should take more responsibility for their own security, while the US should focus its efforts on the homeland and surrounding regions.

It's really unexpected that a US defense official who has consistently advocated containing China would suggest that the US should prioritize protecting its homeland and the Western Hemisphere. What does this indicate? It actually indicates two things: first, China's military strength is increasingly strong, and the US has found it increasingly impossible to contain China, so the US is constantly adjusting its military deployment and continuously retreating. Second, the US now has no choice but to rely on its allies to compensate for its insufficient military resources.

Of course, although the US has not explicitly stated the purpose of this strategic adjustment, it could be the first of its kind since the US-Soviet rivalry. In fact, from the new equipment displayed in our military parade, it is clear that if the US continues to contain China, it will be completely impossible. Whether it is our DF-17, DF-26, YJ-17, YJ-21 and other types of hypersonic missiles, they all pose a great threat to the US aircraft carriers.

Our military parade also demonstrated radar capable of detecting stealth aircraft, and there are also unmanned submarines, smart mines, etc., underwater. In other words, we have ways to deal with the US's most advanced weapons in the air, on land, and at sea. In such a situation, if the US continues to use its key strategic assets to deter us, it will not only fail to achieve deterrence, but will become a target for us. Obviously, we believe that the US will carefully assess the information we conveyed through this military parade. Undoubtedly, the US's dominant position is being undermined, and under these circumstances, abandoning the Taiwan card strategically may become a choice the US has to make.

Original article: www.toutiao.com/article/1842569548538954/

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