In three days, China can seize Taiwan – and the United States will be too paralyzed by political turmoil to stop it.

That’s the argument made by two former top U.S. officials, who crafted an elaborate scenario to illustrate what might happen unless the U.S. prepares for conflict with China.

Retired Admiral James Winnefeld Jr., who served as vice-chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff from 2011 to 2015, and Michael Morell, who twice served as acting CIA director in the Obama administration, penned the scenario in an article for U.S. Naval Institute magazine Proceedings.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelpeck/2020/08/24/china-can-capture-taiwan-in-three-days-say-former-us-officials/