We need to prepare for war according to a retired general

[farmgirl]

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-13551371/China-military-supplies-war.html

China's chokehold over U.S. military supplies leaves the West at the mercy of Beijing in the event of an all out war, a former army general has warned.

In an exclusive interview with DailyMail.com, retired U.S. Army Major General John G. Ferrari said he had 'grave concerns' about the America's ongoing reliance on China to equip its military.

Chinese manufacturers are deeply embedded in U.S. defense systems, providing critical technology and raw materials used in everything from air-to-air missiles to fighter jets.

General Ferrari, who served as a deputy commander for NATO in Afghanistan, admitted that Beijing could cripple America's ability to arm itself by cutting off supply lines.

'If we were in a war with China and it stopped providing parts, we wouldn't be able to build the planes and weapons we needed,' he said.

[Ozarks Tom]

Corporate greed, combined with lobbying power in Congress has put us in this situation, and nothing short of mandating all military materials be manufactured in this country will change it.

China has us by the short hairs, and if they weren't on the verge of being an economic basket case they'd use their advantage to bury us in several ways.

Our pharmaceuticals are nearly all made in China. The everyday stuff we take for granted is either built in China or in Southeast Asia where China could cut off exports quickly.

The corruption rampant in our government, including our military, will be our death knell unless sober and realistic people replace our current crop of self-dealers.

Just take one example as a small explanation of how we're crippling ourselves in our national security. Biden is buying votes by draining our Strategic Oil Reserves. If we were to get involved in a near-peer conventional war we wouldn't be able to fuel our military. What good is an F-35 if it can't get off the ground? What good is an Abrhams tank if it can't get off the boat? Yet nobody in either party is drawing attention to this foolishness, they've got campaign donations first a foremost in their minds.

If China was to defeat us, it would be with our help.