{"id":1763101,"date":"2022-12-05T06:30:15","date_gmt":"2022-12-05T11:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763101"},"modified":"2022-12-05T09:03:38","modified_gmt":"2022-12-05T14:03:38","slug":"ny-post-editorial-board-chinas-military-threat-should-get-gop-dems-to-agree-to-up-defense-spending","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/ny-post-editorial-board-chinas-military-threat-should-get-gop-dems-to-agree-to-up-defense-spending\/","title":{"rendered":"NY Post Editorial Board: China\u2019s Military Threat Should Get GOP, Dems to Agree to Up Defense Spending"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fny-post-editorial-board-chinas-military-threat-should-get-gop-dems-to-agree-to-up-defense-spending%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1763101&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/12\/20190115_US-Airborne-troops_Afghanistan.jpg?quality=75&#038;strip=all&#038;w=1024\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s annual report to Congress last week <em>should <\/em>be enough to alarm even the most diehard pacifists. Cross your fingers it does.<\/p>\n<p>Topping <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/29\/china-used-bidens-botched-afghanistan-withdrawal-for-propaganda-pentagon\/\">the report\u2019s worries<\/a>: China has been rapidly expanding its military capabilities, is on pace to <em>triple<\/em> its nuclear warheads by 2035 and will be ready to invade Taiwan by 2027.<\/p>\n<p>Yikes! America needs to step up to the challenge, by boosting defense funding \u2014 and focusing on readiness rather than wokeness.<\/p>\n<p>Beijing\u2019s nuclear stockpiles have now topped the 400 mark and are expected to pass 1,500 in 13 years. And it\u2019s expanding other capabilities, such as in space, developing kinetic-kill missiles, ground-based lasers, orbiting robots and other tech.<\/p>\n<p>Its overall goal: the ability to invade Taiwan by 2027, a \u201ccomplete modernization\u201d of its armed forces by 2035 and a \u201cworld-class military\u201d by 2049.<\/p>\n<p>In an Oct. 16 report, President Xi Jinping <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/10\/16\/xi-jinping-says-beijing-will-never-renounce-using-force-to-reunify-taiwan\/\">described<\/a> Taiwan\u2019s reunification as Beijing\u2019s top priority, vowing to \u201cnever\u201d renounce the use of force and to \u201creserve the option\u201d to take \u201call measures necessary\u201d in pursuit of that mission.<\/p>\n<p>Doubt China\u2019s intentions? Look at its record: This month, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/27\/fury-over-chinas-insane-endless-covid-lockdowns-exposes-president-xi\/\">it cracked down hard<\/a> on protesters furious over its insane zero-COVID lockdowns. Over the past two years, it repeatedly provoked Taiwan with flights near or over its territory, as well as with nearby live-arms drills.<\/p>\n<p>It <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2020\/07\/20\/uk-expected-to-suspend-hong-kong-extradition-treaty\/\">reneged on its treaty<\/a> with Britain to let Hong Kong rule itself until 2047, <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/11\/19\/biden-kowtows-to-xi-jinping-and-lets-china-get-away-with-murder\/\">persecutes<\/a> dissidents, Uighurs and other minorities, represses its population, builds <a href=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/2022\/03\/21\/chinas-military-buildup-on-south-china-sea-islands-threatens-region-us-commander\/\">artificial islands<\/a> in international waters \u2014 and has refused to cooperate in fighting COVID, making it responsible for countless deaths around with world.<\/p>\n<p>Washington, meanwhile, works overtime to ensure maximum wokeness among its troops. <\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve also been drawing on stockpiles to send weapons to Ukraine to counter the Russian invasion. Defense officials say those weapons don\u2019t come from stockpiles reserved to ensure US readiness, yet available stores of US ammo and weapons systems for Ukraine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/ukraine-war-depleting-u-s-ammunition-stockpiles-sparking-pentagon-concern-11661792188\">are running low<\/a>, and can\u2019t quickly be replaced. America needs more capacity to produce this stuff quickly.<\/p>\n<p>Democrats usually resist increased defense spending, demanding Republicans agree to higher domestic outlays in return. But the Dems have boosted such programs by $5 trillion-plus these last two years; President Biden should be twisting arms for a straight-up increase in defense to, among much else, sustain our ability to back Ukraine and any other allies (like Taiwan) if they\u2019re threatened. <\/p>\n<p>Most GOPers and Dems in Congress support aid to Ukraine, and worry about China is also pretty bipartisan. If the White House gets its act together, that ought to allow bipartisan agreement to do the right thing. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon\u2019s annual report to Congress last week should be enough to alarm even the most diehard pacifists. Cross your fingers it does. 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