US Military Will No Longer Focus on Terrorism, Citing Rising Threats from China and Russia

[Orgasmo]

This administration is shifting its aim from chasing jihadists in deserts and mountain caves to confrontation with rising competition from Russia and China. This is getting surprisingly little media attention as it is the biggest change to defense policy by Washington since 2001.

Might be a good time to invest in Lockheed, United Technologies, Raytheon, and Boeing.

US Defence Secretary James Mattis has said competition between great powers, not terrorism, is now the main focus of America's national security. The US faced "growing threats from revisionist powers as different as China and Russia", he said, unveiling the national defence strategy.

In an apparent reference to Russia, he warned against "threaten[ing] America's experiment in democracy".

"If you challenge us, it will be your longest and worst day," he warned.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42752298

 

[tehend]

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Makes sense since chasing phantoms through deserts has gotten us jack and shit over the past two decades.

 

[SBJJ]

Sounds good

Let's stop fighting people that want to kill us and start wars with those that do not want to

 

[Islam Imamate]

This administration is shifting its aim from chasing jihadists in deserts and mountain caves to confrontation with rising competition from Russia and China. This is getting surprisingly little media attention as it is the biggest change to defense policy by Washington since 2001.

Might be a good time to invest in Lockheed, United Technologies, Raytheon, and Boeing.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42752298

Well that's interesting, not really sure what to make of this. I don't think Trump or his administration foresee a war with any great power before the end of his presidency but who knows, maybe they do.

 

[InternetHero]

Sounds good

Let's stop fighting people that want to kill us and start wars with those that do not want to

Also, rather than an endless "producing new recruits," line we here a lot, the wars in Iraq, and now especially the bloodbath in Syria, killed off a lot of the more excitable potential jihadis.

Besides the chaos in Libya the global caliphate is running out of fresh bodies, is demoralized after a number of defeats, and seems to be having more financial trouble.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Well that's interesting, not really sure what to make of this. I don't think Trump or his administration foresee a war with any great power before the end of his presidency but who knows, maybe they do.

We don't have to foresee war in order to make sure we are prepared to fight another super power and not nomads in a desert.

Thankfully no world power tried to catch us with our pants down chasing ghosts in the past 18 years

 

[jonharrison]

Gotta say, I think this is a positive. The military mindset has always been, historically, to prepare for the worst case scenario and hope for the best. Worst case right now, given current shortages of aircraft/pilots, morale problems aboard ship, recruiting for combat arms positions, is a sustained conflict with a superpower. The Spec Ops guys have gotten so good at doing what they do to hunt down jihadists that I’m not really sure they need the complete focus of everyone else to continue their work.

 

[tramendous]

This administration is shifting its aim from chasing jihadists in deserts and mountain caves to confrontation with rising competition from Russia and China. This is getting surprisingly little media attention as it is the biggest change to defense policy by Washington since 2001.

Might be a good time to invest in Lockheed, United Technologies, Raytheon, and Boeing.



http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-42752298

watch terrorist attacks go down all of a sudden lol

 

[TheLastEmperorReurns]

If you challenge us, it will be your longest and worst day,

The kind of shit the bad guy in a movie says.

America is on some Darth Vader shit.

 

[panamaican]

Good. All the fear mongering about Muslims has obscured the reality that China and Russia are actually trying to supplant us on the world stage.

 

[jimbob27]

Makes sense since chasing phantoms through deserts has gotten us jack and shit over the past two decades.

Makes sense since chasing commies through jungles was so much more profitable.

 

[Big Nasty Edison]

Makes sense since chasing commies through jungles was so much more profitable.

We should probably stop chasing people in general and focus on things here at home.

 

[jimbob27]

We should probably stop chasing people in general and focusing on things here at home.

The US military is already like 10x overpowered for defending the US. It would probably be sensible to stop chasing people in general and siphon off some of that massively over inflated budget to put into healthcare or schools or infrastructure or some shit that would benefit everyone. Most people would probably agree with that, with the only real exceptions being those who profit from the military industrial complex, who have the politicians in their pockets.

 

[D3thr0n3d K1ng]

Murka is much better at conventional conflicts than asymmetrical conflicts with turrists. The have been waiting for a shock and awe WW2 type confrontation forever. Maybe China or Russia will bite, probably not though.

 

[Cubo de Sangre]

Terrorism is a police problem anyway.

 

[SBJJ]

Also, rather than an endless "producing new recruits," line we here a lot, the wars in Iraq, and now especially the bloodbath in Syria, killed off a lot of the more excitable potential jihadis.

Besides the chaos in Libya the global caliphate is running out of fresh bodies, is demoralized after a number of defeats, and seems to be having more financial trouble.

Yup. So let's let them rebuild while we focus on countries that don't want to kill us then when another 9-11 happens we can start it all over again.

Yee hah! Murica!

 

[Shoemaker]

Murka is much better at conventional conflicts than asymmetrical conflicts with turrists. The have been waiting for a shock and awe WW2 type confrontation forever. Maybe China or Russia will bite, probably not though.

It seems that we can roll over a country pretty quickly with relative ease. It's this military-as-a-local-police-force situation that's not our cup of tea. I feel like pointing the military at a country and saying "win hearts & minds" is like firing a bullet into a crowd and telling it not to hit any good people. It's job is to blow a hole in things, not make friends.

 

[7437]

Good. Thats always been stupid anyways.

 

[jonharrison]

The kind of shit the bad guy in a movie says.

America is on some Darth Vader shit.

Say what you will, Mattis has some badass quotes. The man has few words, but those he has are dead serious