Carter again took Russia first place among the existing threats.

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Speaking at a conference of the United States Naval League, Pentagon chief Ashton Carter put the Russian Federation in first place among all the challenges with which the country is being packed around the world, reports TASS.

Carter again took Russia first place among the existing threats.


“We now have as many as five major, immediate and developing challenges. First of all, we are opposing the prospect of aggression from Russia, especially in Europe, ”
said Carter.

He then referred to "vital changes in the Asia-Pacific region - the most important region for the future of the United States." Here, “the rise of China is in itself a normal phenomenon, but some actions by the PRC, primarily in the South China Sea, cause serious concern to the United States and its allies in the region,” he said.

The third task of the Pentagon is “to strengthen the forces of deterrence and defense in the face of the remaining nuclear ambitions and continuing provocations by the DPRK”.

“Fourthly, we are restraining Iranian aggression and harmful influence in the Persian Gulf region,” Carter noted.

Well, he called the fifth problem for the United States "countering terrorism, including the early defeat of the Islamic State terrorist group."

Carter is also concerned about the successes of Russia and China, "modernizing their armed forces in order to eliminate the technological gap with the United States."
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  1. +8
    18 May 2016 15: 33
    The eternal "Groundhog Day" of some sort for Ashton Carter and the American administration.
    Their entire vocabulary is not more than three dozen, as in Ellochka the cannibal. Probably bored not only us, but also the American inhabitants. They pay no more attention to all this verbiage than to the crows croaking on a tree.
    1. +7
      18 May 2016 15: 38
      “We now face as many as five large, immediate and developing challenges.

      You can’t say better:
      Five Reasons
      "The first reason is you
      And the second is all your dreams
      The third is all your words
      I hardly believed them.
      The fourth reason is a lie
      Who is right, who is to blame - you can’t make out,
      And the fifth reason is pain ... "

      Words: Nikolaev I.Yu.
      1. 0
        18 May 2016 17: 44
        Until China has overtaken Russia in strategic nuclear forces, Russia will be the No. 1 threat to US hegemony plans. In the coming years, Russia will unfortunately move to the "second place" among the US threats - because of the growing economy and potential of China, supported by the development of strategic nuclear forces and other technologies

        But with the successful integration of the EAC, this economic and defense alliance can move China in priority

        In any case, the West and the US have 2 obstacles to full domination - this is the RF-EAC - and China
    2. +10
      18 May 2016 15: 40
      Quote: sever.56
      Eternal "Groundhog Day" of some kind


      Here is the same mankind poor fellow! Immediately I remembered the cartoon "The Lion King", remember the hyenas ?!
      Tell Mufas ...
      Mufasa!
      Brrrrr ...
      Tell me more.
      Mufasa!
      Brrrrr ...

      So does this schizo. Tell Russia. Russia. Brrrr ... Straight sorry for the poor fellow.
    3. +8
      18 May 2016 15: 50
      First of all, we are counteracting the prospect of aggression from Russia, especially in Europe, ”

      Evona is like, and in 2015, a certain president, Bardak Monkey Obama, Russia took only 3rd place in the list of threats, after ISIS and Ebola, now Russia is in 1st place, and ISIS in 5th, however, they appreciate us. fellow fellow
      1. 0
        18 May 2016 15: 56

        It seems to me nothing unusual, they have such a tactic - how to do it wherever, they immediately start shouting that Russia will kill everyone now in order to divert attention,
        for example, from refereeing at ev-2016

        Fuck with him, with EB, I would like to finally find out, but with Boeing what?

        Here the British general pours gasoline into the fire:

        Quote: PolitExpert

        General Schireff says that the first thing Russia will take over Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. The military is convinced that a nuclear war will begin in the next six months. The general believes that the threat should be stopped as soon as possible and strengthen the NATO grouping in Eastern Europe
        .


        And at the same time:

        Quote: media
        British parliamentarians await Pushkov in London to ease tensions with Russia


        British scientists should study this phenomenon
        fool

        1. 0
          18 May 2016 16: 10
          The main reason for all the latest statements addressed to Russia by NATO is Eurovision, because the victory of the bad Lazarev could bring Europe to its knees.
        2. 0
          18 May 2016 16: 25
          Quote: bulvas
          Fuck with him, with EB, I would like to finally find out, but with Boeing what?


          The Air Force has already said that with the Boeing, the hohlopeys did not like wink

          Quote: bulvas
          There is still a British general pouring gasoline into the fire


          Found a pretext for occupation

          Quote: bulvas
          And at the same time:

          British parliamentarians await Pushkov in London to ease tensions with Russia


          British scientists should study this phenomenon
          fool


          medicine is powerless here request
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      3. +1
        18 May 2016 16: 20
        Quote: vlad66
        First of all, we are counteracting the prospect of aggression from Russia, especially in Europe, ”

        Evona is like, and in 2015, a certain president, Bardak Monkey Obama, Russia took only 3rd place in the list of threats, after ISIS and Ebola, now Russia is in 1st place, and ISIS in 5th, however, they appreciate us. fellow fellow


        Putin is a villain, he made a vaccine from Ebola, Daesh bombed the ears themselves, which only a person would not do for the first place laughing
    4. 0
      18 May 2016 16: 01
      Therefore, they put a pederast to lead the ground forces ... laughing
    5. +2
      18 May 2016 16: 02
      Quote: sever.56
      The eternal "Groundhog Day" of some sort for Ashton Carter and the American administration.
      Their entire vocabulary is not more than three dozen, as in Ellochka the cannibal. Probably bored not only us, but also the American inhabitants. They pay no more attention to all this verbiage than to the crows croaking on a tree.


      Most interesting, he is right. Just the justification of the Russian threat is false, as is their entire democracy.
      Russia is the only real threat to US global dominance. It is Russia that can put an end to world American lawlessness, to which the shadow government of the Anglo-Saxons aspires.
      As Hugo Chavis used to say - it smells of sulfur there
  2. +4
    18 May 2016 15: 33
    Well, why be surprised if "An open homosexual first led the US ground forces" http://ria.ru/world/20160518/1435464499.html
    Everything is there. Yes
    1. +10
      18 May 2016 15: 43
      Quote: Vladimirets
      Well, why be surprised if "An open homosexual first led the US ground forces" http://ria.ru/world/20160518/1435464499.html
      Everything is there. Yes


      So we need to rejoice. The more they will be in the US Army, the faster AIDS will mow their ranks! You look and the world will become cleaner.
      1. +1
        18 May 2016 15: 49
        Quote: Diana Ilyina
        The more they will be in the US Army, the faster AIDS will mow their ranks!

        They have condoms in their equipment. recourse
        1. +7
          18 May 2016 16: 06
          Quote: Vladimirets
          They have condoms in their equipment. recourse


          N-yeah! Of course I heard about it from my brother. And the truth is, how to fight without contraception ?! Suddenly captured, and you have everything with you and a condom and petroleum jelly. Or do they also have silicone gel lubricant in their gear ?!
      2. +2
        18 May 2016 15: 55
        Quote: Diana Ilyina
        The more they will be in the US Army, the faster AIDS will mow their ranks!

        The US Army conducted a survey on sexual orientation.
        The results are as follows:
        - 68 (!!!!!) percent of the respondents said that they are either bisexual or obvious buggers ... !!!
        Oops ... Comments are redundant.
    2. cap
      +3
      18 May 2016 15: 47
      Quote: Vladimirets
      Well, why be surprised if "An open homosexual first led the US ground forces" http://ria.ru/world/20160518/1435464499.html
      Everything is there. Yes


      Specially appointed.
      Profukets military operation, there is an excuse, what to take from him "3.14 @ .. sa".
      laughing
  3. +3
    18 May 2016 15: 36
    He himself does not understand what a fool he looks like: everywhere, in five directions, they are as if defending themselves, but at the same time everywhere they can’t breathe from them, they are advancing.
  4. +1
    18 May 2016 15: 37
    Well, a person’s work is such that they are attached to him? laughing
  5. +3
    18 May 2016 15: 37
    i'm proud let them piss off am
    1. +1
      18 May 2016 16: 04
      Quote: soroKING
      i'm proud let them piss off am

      They hide their greediness, because they say that they will "restrain Russian aggression", they are world saviors! And Russia has no right to its policy, it is aggression in their language. So they sneak out secretly.
      1. cap
        0
        18 May 2016 16: 15
        Quote: Nymp
        Quote: soroKING
        i'm proud let them piss off am

        They hide their greediness, because they say that they will "restrain Russian aggression", they are world saviors! And Russia has no right to its policy, it is aggression in their language. So they sneak out secretly.


        Are you implying that the stern of the minister will deter aggression?
        Not train
  6. +2
    18 May 2016 15: 40
    Quote: Vladimirets
    Well, why be surprised if "An open homosexual first led the US ground forces" http://ria.ru/world/20160518/1435464499.html
    Everything is there. Yes

    and how many are hidden? angry
    1. 0
      18 May 2016 15: 45
      Quote: soroKING
      and how many are hidden?

      Apparently all the others, because. from the same news: "At the moment in the US there is a campaign to integrate homosexuals into the armed forces."

      RIA Novosti http://ria.ru/world/20160518/1435464499.html#ixzz490jvGQyt

      Although, if the campaign is not over yet, there is someone normal. smile
  7. 0
    18 May 2016 15: 41
    "Poor fellows", from such "tension", their spines will soon start falling into their pants.
  8. 0
    18 May 2016 15: 46
    Tired of the "exceptional" with their concern
    as maydanutye with their defense of Europe.
  9. +1
    18 May 2016 15: 47
    I am so big and strong and the villains China and Russia are going to take everything away.
  10. +5
    18 May 2016 15: 50
    Well, finally, Russia moved to first place, which is what we were striving for ...!
    And then the regional country, Laponnikov, etc ....
    Europe say Russia threatens ..? And how do you like it gentlemen ..?)))
    The Russian military will restore the Japanese airfield on the most mysterious island of the Kuril ridge - Matua. Now there will be our base!
    http://riata.ru/v-rossii/item/18963-rossijskie-voenny..

    Broad my native country ...! fellow
  11. +2
    18 May 2016 15: 51
    The main threat to him personally, the newly appointed homosexual commander of the US Army (or maybe not a threat, he might like it)
  12. 0
    18 May 2016 16: 04
    Scary Basurmans! smile

    "Carrot on the city,
    At the bjola garden.
    Toad in the swamps
    Krila has blossomed.

    Want to fly
    Quiet as if <Qua! >,
    Ale to the sky
    Not yesє Moscow ... "
  13. 0
    18 May 2016 16: 24
    We also perceive the United States as a threat, so what should we consider it now as number two? After all, the first number is busy ...
    1. 0
      18 May 2016 17: 27
      offer number ZERO laughing
  14. +1
    18 May 2016 16: 32
    In fact, he's right. Who else can resist American shameless hegemony in the world except Russia? Right. None. And he is aware of this. Moreover, he practically openly admits that IS is not a threat to them, and it never was, because the child does not argue with the parent. He simply could not honestly say that we would have long ago taken Russia, like Yugoslavia, into parts and then taken into one snout, but we are afraid that Russia, driven into a corner, could show us "Kuzma's mother", after which no "European values" and we will no longer need energy resources. Like, after that, we ourselves will shine like light bulbs, current without electricity. And not for long. And by promising aggression, he meant a retaliatory liberation campaign. We have such a centuries-old tradition - we end all big wars in foreign capitals. He seemed to be flipping through history. In the course ... And what else can you scare the Europeans with? Not migrants. They themselves are looking forward to them, because there are a lot of homosexuals among Europeans, and here are fresh, temperamental guys from Africa and Afghanistan. And the Russian, he will not fuck, he simply and humanely turns his head away with one person, pulls out his legs for another - no orgasm. Therefore, it really is a threat, which means that it is easier for a European to part with money in the Rockefeller Foundation. So, in vain you accuse Edik of lying. All the garlic ...
  15. +2
    18 May 2016 16: 50
    Carter is also concerned about the successes of Russia and China, "modernizing their armed forces in order to eliminate the technological gap with the United States."
    It’s about the same as a bandit from a highway that went on a robbery bothers a gun in his victim’s pocket.
    Impunity is over: you can get a bullet between your eyes!
  16. 0
    18 May 2016 17: 16
    or maybe their minister, Peter wants to flirt with the brutal Shoigu? fool
  17. +1
    18 May 2016 17: 23
    Well, of course, Russia is the main threat to the outrage of the arrogant Saxons on the long-suffering Mother Earth. If there wouldn’t be Russia - beat anyone you want, rob, destroy for your pleasure and for someone else’s misfortune. Yes, to hell with you! you have to roll your lip and behave yourself.
  18. -1
    18 May 2016 17: 51
    All of them have some kind of strange threat for normal people, ISIS is at the end of the list, and Russia is threatening directly very much, so much that it already arouses hostility, and we touch them ... because we don’t crawl, they provoke as they like, The Black Sea, in the Baltic Sea in the North, in the Pacific Ocean ... After all, time will tell - who will ultimately win and be sure - VICTORY WILL BE OURSELVES - OUR BUSINESS IS RIGHT ... homosexuals will not pass ...
  19. 0
    18 May 2016 18: 11
    Quote: masiya
    They all have some strange threats for normal people,

    These obossians have done in their pants even when Russia is clearly not a military threat. What would happen if Russia let the bear down against their groundhog? angry
  20. +1
    18 May 2016 19: 23
    Is he a stupid person? In the sense of D.E. Forgive the moderators.
  21. +1
    18 May 2016 19: 50
    About such idiots, our Lavrov found a universal phrase, very short, but succinct: "Morons @ la @.

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