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US-China war is not inevitable (Video)

But calls for 'strategic clarity,' demanding US defense guarantees for Taiwan, would be the worst approach possible.

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Washington is increasingly abuzz with talk of “strategic clarity,” which is code for committing American troops to defend Taiwan, marking a major shift in policy that fundamentally goes against U.S. commitments about how it will respond to a Chinese attack on Taiwan.

But at what point does deterrence become a provocation?

Is a war with China as inevitable as many politicians seem to suggest? What if it isn’t?

There are steps the U.S. can take to avoid a disastrous war with China. Check out this video, produced by QI's Khody Akhavi, here:


US-China war is not inevitable (Video)
US-China war is not inevitable (Video)
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Top photo credit: Senior military leaders look on as U.S. President Donald Trump (not pictured) speaks at Marine Corps Base Quantico, in Quantico, Virginia September 30, 2025. Andrew Harnik/Pool via REUTERS

Slash military commands & four-stars, but don't do it halfway

Military Industrial Complex

The White House published its 2025 National Security Strategy on December 4. Today there are reports that the Pentagon is determined to develop new combatant commands to replace the bloated unified command plan outlined in current law.

The plan hasn't been made public yet, but according to the Washington Post:

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The military's dependence on our citizen soldiers is killing them
Top image credit: U.S. Soldiers assigned to Delta Company, 1st Battalion, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 34th Infantry Division, Iowa National Guard and Alpha Company, 96th Civil Affairs Battalion, conduct a civil engagement within the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility Oct. 12, 2025 (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Zachary Ta)

The military's dependence on our citizen soldiers is killing them

Middle East

Two U.S. National Guard soldiers died in an ambush in Syria this past weekend.

Combined with overuse of our military for non-essential missions, ones unnecessary to our core interests, the overreliance of part-time servicemembers continues to have disastrous effects. President Trump, Secretary Hegseth, and Congress have an opportunity to put a stop to the preventable deaths of our citizen soldiers.

In 2004, in Iraq, in a matter of weeks, I lost three close comrades I served with back in the New York National Guard. In the following months more New York soldiers, men I served with, would die.

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Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza

Israel's all-seeing eye is the stealthiest cruelty of all in Gaza

Middle East

Discussions of the war in Gaza tend to focus on what’s visible. The instinct is understandable: Over two years of brutal conflict, the Israel Defense Forces have all but destroyed the diminutive strip on the Mediterranean coast, with the scale of the carnage illustrated by images of emaciated children, shrapnel-ridden bodies, and flattened buildings.

But underlying all of this destruction is a hidden force — a carefully constructed infrastructure of Israeli surveillance that powers the war effort and keeps tabs on the smallest facets of Palestinians’ lives.

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