From The Washington Times:
The Pentagon deleted language expressing concerns about a future conflict with China and dropped references to Beijing's missiles and anti-satellite threats from its major four-year strategy review release earlier this month.
Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell defended the softening of language that was contained in an unofficial Dec. 3 draft of the Quadrennial Defense Review, known as the QDR.
Mr. Morrell said that any previous versions of the QDR were "staff-level documents" that lacked "senior leader input or approval."
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My Comment: Not upsetting others with the truth is more important than telling the truth. Hmmmm .... I still do not see China being a threat against us for a very long time .... and even then .... but all concerns should be put down even if the senior staff and the political masters may not like its observations.
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