U.S. HOMELAND DEFENSE: A DAY LATE AND A DOLLAR SHORT

The upcoming revised US National Defense Strategy will reportedly prioritize ‘homeland defense’—while downgrading the People's Republic of China asa security threat.

- GRANT NEWSHAM

Marine Corps Air Station Miramar, located between three major highways adjacent a garbage dump, with billions of dollars of aircraft (targets) parked out in the open.

Despite concerns of a US military drawdown in the Western Pacific, China will still get its due even as American partners in the Western Pacific are asked todo more.

Renewed emphasis on defending the homeland is a good idea—it’s just a little late. And it is often geographically inaccurate. The US homeland includes the Western Pacific—in the form of Guamand the Commonwealth of Northern Mariana Islands—and the South Pacific, in the form of American Samoa. These Americans might wonder how they fit in to the Pentagon's map of the homeland.

But just focusing on the US mainland:

The protection afforded by two vast oceans doesn’t exist anymore. Besides long-range missiles that can reach the continental United States, Chinese military and intelligence operatives are already in the US mainland—positioned and ready to strike.

They've had an open door for the last 30 years and made the most of it.

When conducting sabotage you need platforms, people, hardware—and cover. The Chinese have plenty of everything in the US.

Even a partial listing of where and how they've positioned themselves makes alarming reading.

And keep in mind that China’s 2017 National Intelligence Law obligates Chinese nationals everywhere to assist the PRC intelligence services.

Chinese nationals and proxies own farmland and other property throughout the United States, often near military bases.

Chinese-owned marijuana farms have proliferated in Oklahoma, Maine, California, and many other states.