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

[Amerikuracana]

The war with China already happened. It was economic. They won. Time to start rebuilding after the war.. Another reason Trump won, because Independants know this and Trump at least mentioned it. Idiot lftist posted their Trump whispering "china" memes/toons like the people who care about that are stupid. Those are the smart voters.

 

[dragonsfly]

This is fake statement and probably weak propaganda from Mattis. Believe me they would rather crash the entire Us economy and the Dollar fighting militants in deserts and mountains for Eternity

 

[livingdeadmoose]

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

America is on some Darth Vader shit.

What was so wrong with what he said? He basically said that we are ready to defend ourselves.

Mattis actually brings real leadership to the military. Leadership our last Secretary of Defense didn’t bring.

 

[PrinceOfPain]

Sounds wise.

 

[squeezewax]

Good. I have no doubt the West will have a war with China at some stage. Once they get as powerful they'll start to push a little here and there to test us to see how we react.

 

[VivaRevolution]

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

Commie

 

[VivaRevolution]

This is surreal.

We the american people are the largest consumer in the Chinese market, and there for the largest source of tax revenue for the Chinese government, which it can spend on a military build up, while the US tax payer, we the american people again, also fund the military build up of the US.

Crazy CT'ers with there talk of a military industrial complex.

This should all end well. (E-sarcasm)

 

[ShinkanPo]

This is fake statement and probably weak propaganda from Mattis. Believe me they would rather crash the entire Us economy and the Dollar fighting militants in deserts and mountains for Eternity

You @HomerThompson and @Hit-N-Run confuse me because of the Simpsons avatars!

 

[Muay o Muay]

Don't forget to announce it so we can start a new arms race!

 

[MiroHa]

So War on Terror is over?

 

[VivaRevolution]

So War on Terror is over?

 

[Satsui Ryu]

Terrorism is a police problem anyway.

This is always how I thought of it. Terrorism is a criminal act and more of a matter of intelligence than combat. The military fighting terrorism makes no sense.

 

[the ambush]

This is always how I thought of it. Terrorism is a criminal act and more of a matter of intelligence than combat. The military fighting terrorism makes no sense.

???

Not sure if srs

 

[Satsui Ryu]

???

Not sure if srs

Yes terrorism is an issue mainly to be dealt with by intelligence agencies and law enforcement.

 

[Seaside]

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.

Be a great day when the biggest imperialist stops being the biggest imperialist.

 

[Rusk]

there is 0 chance that Russia or China will invade US. So what threats is he talking about?

Random shootings, Islamic extremists and degenerate mainstream SJW culture is a real threat to US.

 

[KnightTemplar]

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

So...the War on Terror is officially over, then.

Did we win?

 

[KnightTemplar]

Meanwhile, in Kabul...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-42761881

 

[Roaming East]

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

not even. You cant justify massive military expenditures and new weapons systems if your enemy is a bunch of truck driving desert nobodies that your 3rd gen cold war shit is hyper effective on.

 

[Seaside]

This is surreal.

We the american people are the largest consumer in the Chinese market, and there for the largest source of tax revenue for the Chinese government, which it can spend on a military build up, while the US tax payer, we the american people again, also fund the military build up of the US.

Crazy CT'ers with there talk of a military industrial complex.

This should all end well. (E-sarcasm)

technically if US wants to remain #1 dominant world power then yeah China is your biggest threat but Russia is not its population and everything else cannot compare.

there is 0 chance that Russia or China will invade US. So what threats is he talking about?

Random shootings, Islamic extremists and degenerate mainstream SJW culture is a real threat to US.

Russia wont fight side by side with China against US is my guess. it all show