(Western Journal)—The United States is working to ensure that if war with China comes, major Pacific allies are ready, according to a new report.
China has issued years of bellicose verbal barrages about invading Taiwan, leading Elbridge Colby, undersecretary of defense for policy, to push Japanese and Australian defense officials toward readiness, according to the Financial Times, which cited sources it did not name.
The “animating theme” of the talks has been “to intensify and accelerate efforts to strengthen deterrence in a balanced, equitable way,” the Financial Times quoted a U.S. official it did not name as saying.
“We do not seek war. Nor do we seek to dominate China itself. What we are doing is ensuring the United States and its allies have the military strength to underwrite diplomacy and guarantee peace,” the official said.
One request has been to increase defense spending.
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