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United States no longer has ‘overwhelming military power’
Oct 24, 2021
Liberal Senator Jim Molan says the United States no longer has the “overwhelming military power” many Australians seem to take for granted when talking about the threat posed by China in the Indo-Pacific.
“The US hasn’t won a war, and we haven’t won a war in just about living memory with the United States,” he said.
“But in conventional terms, as shown by the invasions of Iraq, the last two Middle East wars, they do very, very well generally with conventional forces, so we think, yeah, the US is always going to win.
“Now that’s not the case anymore. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has run down its military by 30 to 50 per cent.
“Now Australians should think about that very, very carefully.”
www.skynews.com.au
Oct 24, 2021
Liberal Senator Jim Molan says the United States no longer has the “overwhelming military power” many Australians seem to take for granted when talking about the threat posed by China in the Indo-Pacific.
“The US hasn’t won a war, and we haven’t won a war in just about living memory with the United States,” he said.
“But in conventional terms, as shown by the invasions of Iraq, the last two Middle East wars, they do very, very well generally with conventional forces, so we think, yeah, the US is always going to win.
“Now that’s not the case anymore. Since the end of the Cold War, the United States has run down its military by 30 to 50 per cent.
“Now Australians should think about that very, very carefully.”
United States no longer has ‘overwhelming military power’
Liberal Senator Jim Molan says the United States no longer has the “overwhelming military power" many Australians seem to take for granted when talking about the threat posed by China in the Indo-Pacific. “The US hasn’t won a war, and we haven't won a war in just about living memory with the...
www.skynews.com.au
