Jan. 29—The demand by Air Force Gen. Michael Minihan for his subordinates to send in their preparations for war on China, based on his prognostication that by 2025 the United States will be in a military conflict with that nation, was bad enough. That the Chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee Michael McCaul (R-TX) responded, “I hope he’s wrong as well. I think he’s right, though, unfortunately,” is worse still.