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This is CBS I On The World with John Bachelor. Here's John Bachelor.

This is CBS I On The World. I'm John Bachelor. Elbridge Colby. His new book is The Strategy

of Denial, American Defense in an Age of Great Power Conflict. This is the future based

upon pro-lock the past about a contest between the Great Power United States of America and

the Great Power, the People's Republic of China. We will also mention the Great Power of

the Russian Federation. We will look to the EU and NATO. But right now we're dealing

with a scenario that is not here and we do not welcome it, but it's very likely possibility

of all the choices in an armed conflict, which is the People's Republic of China launching

an invasion against Taiwan, a fated-complete invasion. An invasion such as was imagined

by Mao, I'm told before the Korean War, many of the soldiers that wound up counter-attacking

the American advance to the Yellow were scheduled to invade Taiwan is the story.

We come now to the 21st century and we start with Denial Defense, which is the best choice

for the US and its coalition against China. We need definitions. Bridge, what is Denial

Defense? How does it work? A Denial Defense is basically the ability to deny China its

ability to subordinate one of the members of the anti-Hedger Monacoalistian in this

case, Taiwan. So it's an ability to keep Taiwan going on side, on our side. And that's

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