According to recent comments by the Secretary of Defense, the Cold War may very well be revived within our lifetime.
After the collapse of communism in 1991, many believed that the Russian threat was no more. As the threat from the Middle East increased and culminated in the attacks of September 11th, 2001, the focus shifted to the more nebulous threat of Islamic terrorism. However, it seems the Pentagon is getting ready to change that focus again.
Speaking at a press conference, Defense Secretary Ashton Carter provided a list of challenges that the US will need to respond to in the near future. Topping the list was not ISIS or Al Qaeda, but Russia, followed by China, North Korea, Iran, and ending with terrorism.
Carter’s numbering will likely prove controversial. Some will agree that Russia needs to be contained in light of it’s actions in Ukraine, while others may contend that the US should concentrate on defeating ISIS and it’s fellow jihadist groups.
Watch Carter’s statement on the next page:
Way to lose focus
The purge of senior staff at the Pentagon was effective.
Bull s**t
It’s about time someone woke up. ISIS is a bad threat but Russia is a whole different story. People better wake up.
Secretary of Defense is ANOTHER OBAMA PUPPET!!
Director Comey of our FBI also said the same thing in a Senate Hearing last year when asked that very question….
could be.
America could work hand in hand with Russia, but everyone still has cold war fever.
Buddy Hackett
BUT OBAMA BIGGER THAN BOTH