{"id":60603,"date":"2015-07-06T12:00:13","date_gmt":"2015-07-06T11:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/?p=60603"},"modified":"2015-07-05T12:30:43","modified_gmt":"2015-07-05T11:30:43","slug":"deter-deny-and-defeat-pentagon-mislabels-russia-china-iran-and-north-korea-as-threats-to-global-peace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.transcend.org\/tms\/2015\/07\/deter-deny-and-defeat-pentagon-mislabels-russia-china-iran-and-north-korea-as-threats-to-global-peace\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cDeter, Deny and Defeat\u201d: Pentagon [Mis]Labels Russia, China, Iran and North Korea as \u201cThreats to Global Peace\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>

The Pentagon Building<\/p><\/div>\n

The Pentagon\u2019s new National Military Strategy<\/a> (its first update since 2011) signaled possible major wars with US adversaries.<\/em><\/p>\n

Washington named four nations threatening no others as major US security threats: Russia, China, Iran and North Korea \u2013 plus non-state groups like ISIS (without mentioning they\u2019re US creations).<\/p>\n

The document turns truth on its head blaming Russia for violating \u201cnumerous agreements\u201d and \u201cmilitary actions.\u201d It says Iran and North Korea seek nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

Pyongyang may have them \u2013 for self-defense, not offense. No evidence whatever suggests Tehran seeks them \u2013 now or earlier. Plenty of evidence reveals otherwise.<\/p>\n

China is called a regional power challenging US hegemony. Pentagon strategy calls for \u201cdeter(ing), deny(ing), and defeat(ing)\u201d nations it calls threats to US security, as well as \u201cdisrupt(ing) and degrad(ing) non-state groups.\u201d<\/p>\n

It says<\/p>\n

\u201c(n)one of these nations are believed to be seeking direct military conflict with the United States or our allies (but) pose serious security concerns which the international community is working to collectively address by way of common policies, shared messages and coordinated action.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

US Joint Chiefs Chairman General Martin Dempsey said American success<\/p>\n

\u201cwill increasingly depend on how well our military instrument supports the other instruments of national power, and how it enables our network of allies and partners.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The document states<\/p>\n

\u201ctoday, the probability of US involvement in interstate war with a major power is assessed to be low but growing.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

At the same time, so-called \u201chybrid conflicts\u201d with non-state actors like ISIS, Al Qaeda, the Taliban and other US-created groups are likely to expand.<\/p>\n

Post-9\/11, Dick Cheney warned of wars not ending in our lifetime. Former CIA director James Woolsey said America \u201cis engaged in WW IV, and it could continue for years.\u201d<\/p>\n

GHW Bush called it a \u201cnew world order\u201d \u2013 endless US wars of aggression for unchallenged global dominance. The Pentagon\u2019s 2006 Quadrennial Defense Review (QDR) called it the \u201clong war\u201d without end.<\/p>\n

General Martin Dempsey says America<\/p>\n

\u201cnow face(s) multiple, simultaneous security challenges from traditional state actors and trans-regional networks of sub-state groups \u2013 all taking advantage of rapid technological change.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

\u201cWe are more likely to face prolonged campaigns than conflicts that are resolved quickly.\u201d America\u2019s military must remain \u201cglobally engaged \u2013 in other words, wage permanent wars of aggression against invented enemies driven by lunatics in Washington wanting all independent governments replaced by US controlled puppet ones.<\/p>\n

America intends \u201cto project power across all domains\u2026act in concert with others\u2026or unilaterally (as) the situation demands,\u201d the document states.<\/p>\n

US military strategy includes \u201cpress(ing) forward with the rebalance to the Asia-Pacific, placing our most advanced capabilities and greater capacity in that vital theater.\u201d It remains committed to NATO allies and Israel\u2019s security.<\/p>\n

Ashton Carter replacing Chuck Hagel as defense secretary in mid-February signaled more war besides ones America was waging before his appointment.<\/p>\n

Obama\u2019s naked aggression on Yemen followed weeks later. So did greater numbers of US combat troops operating in Iraq, continued bombing of its economic infrastructure on the pretext of attacking ISIS, and the same strategy ongoing in Syria \u2013 plus the Pentagon\u2019s latest military strategy signaling endless US-initiated conflicts.<\/p>\n

In May, General Dempsey announced his retirement effective October 1. Marine Corp commandant General Joseph Dunford, Jr. will replace him. His nickname \u201cFighting Joe\u201d signals continued endless direct and proxy aggression \u2013 always against invented enemies.<\/p>\n

US strategy of permanent wars against one country after another threatening no one for objectives impossible to achieve \u2013 combined with outlandish fear-mongering, unaffordable longterm military spending, and homeland police state control indicate a nation in decline like all previous empires.<\/p>\n

Policies pursued are unsustainable for the long haul. What can\u2019t go on forever, won\u2019t. It\u2019s just a matter of time before America\u2019s hubris and imperial arrogance become its undoing.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s unknown is whether it\u2019ll go with a bang or whimper. The former risks humanity going with it \u2013 the curse of potential nuclear armageddon.<\/p>\n

\"Pentagon<\/a>

Pentagon – Washington DC<\/p><\/div>\n

________________________________<\/p>\n

Stephen Lendman<\/em> lives in Chicago. His new book as editor and contributor is titled <\/em>Flashpoint in Ukraine: US Drive for Hegemony Risks WW III. http:\/\/www.claritypress.com\/LendmanIII.html<\/a>. He can be reached at lendmanstephen@sbcglobal.net<\/a>.Visit his blog site at sjlendman.blogspot.com.<\/em><\/p>\n

Go to Original \u2013 globalresearch.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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