US Joint Chiefs of Staff: Everyone should be worried about war with China

According to the report of Fars News Agency International Group, the Chief of Joint Staff of the United States Army, General Charles Q. In an interview with Fox News on Sunday, Brown Jr. said everyone should be worried about a war with China.

He, who became the 21st chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff in October after the retirement of General Mark Milley, answered a question on Fox News Sunday about the growing concerns in Regarding the war between the United States and China, he answered citing the recent polls of the Reagan Institute. In a recent poll, 51 percent of Americans said they see China as the biggest foreign threat to the United States, and 74 percent were worried about a conflict within five years.

In response, General Charles Brown said that everyone should be worried about a conflict with China, especially in connection with a possible attack on Taiwan. Claiming that “the strength we show as a military will bring peace,” he added on a possible attack on Taiwan: “The first thing I would say is that we want to and we should all be concerned if that happens.” Or not. And that’s part of why deterrence is so important to avoid conflict.

According to the Newsweek publication, he also responded to another poll showing that the majority of Americans believe that China will soon overtake the United States both militarily and economically. He said that his duty and role is to prevent this from happening in the military field.

Taiwan has long been a point of contention between Washington and Beijing, and in a recent meeting between the Chinese president and his American counterpart in California, Xi Jinping asked Joe Biden about Taiwan. He warned and stated: “The United States should support the peaceful and inevitable reunification of China with Taiwan and stop sending arms to it.” Officially, the island of Taiwan is part of China, but the Taiwanese side rejects it. The US does not recognize Taiwan as an independent country but considers it a key ally in the Indo-Pacific region. At the end of 2022, the President of the United States said that in case of an attack on Taiwan by China, he will deploy troops on this island.

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