Gen. Blaine Holt (Ret.) told the Gatestone Institute this month that the Chinese Communist Party is deploying thousands of military-age men into America through the southern border, where they've already begun weapons training in preparation for conflict with the American people.

"Tens of thousands of military-age men have come across our border and are now in America, organized by group and nationality" Holt told Gatestone. "Among them are terrorist and state actors, in particular, members of the People's Liberation Army of China. As we speak, these actors are training, making plans and obtaining weapons, watching our patterns, and learning our vulnerabilities."

"We are vulnerable to attack," Holt added. "Our enemies eagerly wait."

China expert Gordon Chang explained how this plan is part of China's unrestricted warfare doctrine first outlined in 

"Chinese agents, in addition to hobbling Americans with disease and gunning them down, could bomb power stations, attack military bases, start wildfires, poison reservoirs, or create terror in dozens of ways," Change wrote.

"These tactics come straight out of Unrestricted Warfare, a 1999 book written by two Chinese air force colonels and first published by the PLA Literature and Arts Publishing House in Beijing. The colonels argued that China can and should employ any tactic in attacking a militarily superior United States. Now, Americans can see how Beijing is operationalizing the suggestions in this how-to manual."

Chang cited videos circulating on X of Chinese men who recently crossed the U.S. border quickly beginning firearms training, an activity that's prohibited in China.