Acting US Secretary of Defense: Americans should not be a people who are constantly at war with someone

In the United States, the announcement of Chris Miller, recently appointed by Donald Trump to the post of Acting Defense Secretary, caused a wide resonance. Recall that Miller took this post after the resignation of Mark Esper. In the United States, they say that Trump was unhappy with Esper's delay in the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan and other countries.

The American press cites a statement by Chris Miller, who made it clear that he will make every effort to complete what President Donald Trump has begun (including the withdrawal of troops). Recall that earlier Christopher Miller was responsible for the anti-terrorist activities of the United States.

Miller stated that Americans should not be a people who are constantly at war with someone. From the directive of the new head of department circulated at the Pentagon:

Constant war is contrary to the principles for which we stand for, for which our ancestors stood. We must end all wars with our participation.

According to Christopher Miller, the first thing the US should do is to end the long-term war in Afghanistan and "give Afghans an opportunity to build their own security system."

Such statements by the acting head of the Pentagon were sharply criticized by Trump's opponents. Thus, it is stated that Miller "is carrying out orders that run counter to American interests." In particular, it is indicated that the withdrawal of troops "could strike a blow to the security of the American allies." It turns out that Trump's opponents are openly advocating the continued involvement of the United States in various wars on different continents ...

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[The leader of the Redskins]

Otherwise it won't work.
If you have imperial manners, even if covered with tinsel, such as democracy and human rights, then you will always have to fight!

[Finches]

I would be skeptical about the Anglo-Saxon minister's statement, remembering Virgil's meme: "Timeo Danaos et dona ferentes - I am afraid of the Danaans and those who bring gifts ".
The colonial policy of the Anglo-Saxons is the alpha and omega of their entire life arrangement!

[Shurik70]

Trump is the only US president who did not unleash, but ended wars.
So you can hear this from a person on his team.

[Finches]

So Trump is not a politician, but a businessman with German roots, who also constantly lives with Slavic women ... However, you are right about something!

[Mountain shooter]

Quote: Leader of the Redskins

If you have imperial habits,

How not to have them? As soon as they stop being afraid of you, they will stop obeying you ... This is the basis of everything. World Power is Compulsion! Bribery is also possible, but everyone should see the whip ... on the swing.

[Lech from Android.]

Constant wars with the whole world and not the ability to negotiate peacefully like gangrene will devour the United States from the inside ... Its resources are not endless.

[bar]

Such habits even Sultan Erdogan will not gobble up in any way, what about the striped ones ...

[Lech from Android.]

The sultan climbs into the swamp in which he will drown, the United States has created a bunch of problems in the world that they are not able to solve ... Well, a heavyweight cannot lift a barbell that is beyond his power, only much greater forces are only capable of this, and I clearly see that The US overstrained on this.

[bar]

The sultan climbs into the swamp in which he will drown

Would wait ...
While he is like the faction that does not drown.

[Yves762]

Fighting will always have to be.
Not those, so others; not for that, so for that.
As there Plato, they say, said: "Only the dead saw the end of the war."

[RUSS]

Quote: Leader of the Redskins

If you have imperial manners

The USSR fought for 59 years, the longest with Afghanistan for almost 10 years.
4 wars with neighboring Finland for seven long years.
Wars with Poland continued in the USSR, starting from Tukhachevsky's campaign against Warsaw and, the last war of 1939.
Czechoslovakia, Germany, Poland, Vietnam, Spain, Japan and Korea - Russian soldiers left their mark everywhere in the 20th century.
New Russia is also not lagging behind. Caucasus, Transnistria, Syria, Crimea and, I'm afraid, the list is not complete.
Russia is by no means an exception to the rules in the history of the development of states. Our country waged both defensive and aggressive, colonial and imperialist wars. Russia fought two Patriotic wars, actively participated in the Cold War and at least two civil wars. Russia has sent limited contingents of its troops to the devil in the middle of nowhere throughout its conscious history.
Has your inquisitive mind never wondered why Suvorov crossed the Alps, and Skobelev took Plevna, and why we have, every city, a hero city. That's right, Russia is a typical state with imperial ambitions, which consistently takes possession of any piece of land with the slightest signs of ownerlessness. Why is there ownerlessness. Even the presence of a master did not stop Russia. Captured when she wanted, and no international treaties stopped Russia.

[Yves762]

Uv. RUSS, you know, you did mix "long" "flies" with "sour" "cutlets". "Variables" need to be "separated", sort of like ... (no.?.)

Not all, even of the wars you mentioned, were the result of "imperial ambitions", and they were not wars either.

And, again, why mix not even different historical phases of one state, but different states - RI, USSR, RF.?. "Fathers" are not "children" (ts) as well.

And since everything is still cognized in comparison, then, along with others, it is also very, very controversial that Russia is closest to "a typical state with imperial ambitions, which consistently takes over any piece of land with the slightest signs of ownerlessness. ( And what is the problem in "cleaning up the ownerless".?. )"

PS

[Dart]

he is not a respected "russ", but a Moldovan with attempts

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: RUSS

Captured when she wanted, and no international treaties stopped Russia

In this phrase instead of "Russia" you can insert a dozen or two countries. I think you know the names yourself.

[sergo1914]

Adequate Head of the Pentagon? What's going on with the planet?

[Pereira]

He joked. And if not, he will not stay in office for long.

[Svarog]

Quote: sergo1914

Adequate Head of the Pentagon? What's going on with the planet?

Trump is relatively adequate and collects such a team ... In the first term of the war he did not unleash anyone .. And if he stays for the second, then apparently he decided to focus on his own problems .. In this case, the Chinese will suffer ..

[VORON538]

American soldiers will be removed from all countries where they are and will be where they should be - in the states? I don't believe these Yankees!

[Uncle lee]

Americans exchange Afghanistan for Ukraine !?

[Ded_Mazay]

Quote: sergo1914

Adequate Head of the Pentagon? What's going on with the planet?

I don’t think so ... Rather, his boss understands that the states no longer have a resource to mess like before, which means they need to close down. Here is Miller to "save face" and perform the part of "dove of peace".

[Proton]

Of course, he can say reasonable things, but only for a short time. Until January 2021. Then others will speak.

[Orange bigg]

Really? Biden is not officially declared the winner of the election; votes are recounted in Trump's favor.

[Proton]

Of course, there is such a chance. But I am inclined to believe that all this farce with recounting is work for the public.

[Soko]

Belated remorse? Or rather, a cunning move ...

[Mouse]

We must end all wars with our participation

This is contrary to their mentality .... what are they going to live with?

[Thrifty]

For such words vpkshniki sshy ukenodyat! This goes against their desire to sell weapons, both in the USA itself, and to those who, in the opinion of military personnel, "need" their weapons !!!

[bar]

Constant war is contrary to the principles for which we stand for, for which our ancestors stood. We must end all wars with our participation.

This pacifism will not last long. Biden will come, appoint a new defense minister, and set China up in 72 hours

[Dart2027]

Quote: bar

for China in 72 hours

Well, China has nuclear weapons and quite a few other weapons, so the question is.

[bar]

Well, China has nuclear weapons and quite a few other weapons

But China did not promise to sink the entire striped fleet. And that's the problem

[Dart2027]

Quote: bar

But China did not promise to sink the entire striped fleet.

To promise is not to marry.

[41 REGION]

Quote: bar

But China did not promise to sink the entire striped fleet. And that's the problem

Surprise however

[rocket757]

Now is the time to distribute different, beautiful statements !!!
Then the time will come calmly from ..... forget!
This is politics ... not even now, it has always been that way.

[Ded_Mazay]

Constant war is contrary to the principles for which we stand for, for which our ancestors stood. We must end all wars with our participation.

This is how the states should have gotten sick, so that they would start to issue such a thing in the media sphere?

[Carp]

Constant war is contrary to the principles for which we stand for, for which our ancestors stood. We must end all wars with our participation.

Who are their ancestors? robbers and migrants of all stripes and no history .. Indians were soaked and slaves were brought in .. Is this their history and ancestors?
World wars usually ends Russia! We are already tired of fighting and fighting back, but if we find the resources to kill the ridge with an "exceptional" .. What, in general, is being done now .. Russia is being reborn under the howl and hysteria of another Nazi invasion in the world!
Do the Russians want wars, you ask the silence ..?

We will not give up and we will not be bought ..

[Dmitry Makarov]

The dollar rests on American bayonets, if this soldier wants to cover the bayonets, then he condemns the American nation to poverty!

[Redfox3k]

Perhaps I disagree with you. The world needs the dollar as a currency for international settlements. Dot. 90% of all assets in the world are in dollars. Who will let the dollar depreciate. There is no substitute for the dollar. Whether we like it or not. Whether America wants it or not.

[Captain Pushkin]

Quote: Redfox3k

There is no substitute for the dollar.

At one time, the British pound was the world currency. And, too, it seemed irreplaceable.

[businessv]

Quote: Lech from Android.

Its resources are not endless.

To which country, besides striped, with a debt of 28 trillion, is it still possible to have "respect" in the world?

[APASUS]

Tactics have changed in the United States, now the Americans will not start wars, but since the country is built on the power of the military-industrial complex, they will begin to stir up existing conflicts in other countries.

[AshPoseidon]

Constant war is contrary to the principles for which we stand for, for which our ancestors stood.

Your ancestors massacred the indigenous population of America, and tell that to Serbia, Vietnam, Iraq, Libya, Cuba, Afghanistan, Syria, etc.

[askort154]

It turns out that Trump's opponents are openly advocating the continued involvement of the United States in various wars on different continents ...

And for whom is this a surprise? Unless, for those who are still in the cradle.
"Democrats" - Anglo-Saxon financiers running around the world with
"Molotov bottle" in one hand, and with a bank portal in the other.
Previously, they fought against political opponents (USSR), now they have switched to a different strategy - "controlled chaos". They no longer care about the communist
the regime of China, which was put at the forefront against the USSR, they now need a global system of profit. History has shown - for whom the war, and for whom the mother (financiers) is dear. So, the Democrats will continue their strategy -
war, coups, instability, and most importantly - it will take place along the perimeter of Russia. This is their only "physical" opponent. They will go for rapprochement with communist China, driving a wedge with Russia. Nothing new, they will follow the same path as under Khrushchev. They will not dare to open war against Russia. They understand this, and it pisses them off. Therefore, they are setting their entire "democratic world" against Russia.
With the arrival of the Democrats, provocations against Russia will intensify.

[Incvizitor]

Their entire gang exists due to the plundering, destruction and plundering of countries if this world bloodsucking tick does not suck blood from the world, he will die, otherwise they cannot.

[Reserve buildbat]

From the phrase "Americans should not be a people who are constantly at war with someone" I only support "Americans should not be"

[iouris]

"Americans" are Indians. While US residents are preparing for a war inside the US.

[rotfuks]

At this stage of civilization, the brains of the masses in any country are owned by the media. And the victory of any leader in a military conflict is a great chance for this leader to be re-elected for a second term. For example, Trump has not unleashed a single military conflict and won no military victories. Therefore, Trump lost a lot of supporters in the last election and did not win a crushing victory.

[Diviz]

The people of Native America, the Indians, have never captured anyone anywhere or unleashed wars.

[The eye of the crying]

American Indians have slaughtered each other for centuries, if not millennia.

[Diviz]

I think there is no need to explain.

[The eye of the crying]

I didn’t explain. Just corrected.

[Alexander Vorontsov]

According to Christopher Miller, the first thing the US should do is to end the long-term war in Afghanistan and "give Afghans an opportunity to build their own security system."

I am now reminded of the discussions at the American military forums that took place after the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
They first came to the region, destroyed the Iraqi army, as something more or less adequate, replacing it with some kind of police units.

At the same time, some of the most combat-ready people fled and joined various formations)

And then, at the right moment, the Americans left. And those whom they drove out began to return and pinch the entire Middle East)
Then it turned out that when they left, they forgot to take out of the warehouses the weapons, which, by a terrible coincidence, fell into the wrong hands.

And the Americans wrote on their forums - well, well. What can we do if they are pinched there? We cannot always fight for the Iraqis for their freedom!

I’m thinking, the scenario will repeat itself, when the Americans leave, and leave at such a necessary moment, when it will blaze. And then they will say - well, we left. The pens, here they are, we do not touch anything) Everything that happens there by itself. And as for the boxes of weapons, it's a logistical mistake. a couple more fell out of the plane. It happens.