New, woke U.S. military is at smallest active-duty level in 80 years as China threat looms

Falling short of its recruitment goals, the U.S. military will enter 2024 with its smallest force in 80 years, even as strategists warn that wars involving especially China backed by Russia are increasingly likely and even imminent.

Under the newly-passed $886 billion National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), total active-duty troop numbers will fall to 1,284,500 next year, the Pentagon said.

That is the lowest total since before the U.S. entered World War II in 1941.

Richard Fisher wrote recently for Geostrategy-Direct.com that CCP leader Xi Jin Ping has noted the Biden Administration’s failure to respond to China’s rapid and massive buildup of nuclear weapons.

“By threatening nuclear defeat, Xi Jinping can blackmail or coerce Washington from defending partners like Taiwan from Chinese invasion, or allies like Japan and the Philippines from Chinese attacks against their territory,” Fisher wrote.