Now the fact that the United States and Australia work so well together is a good thing, because events in the world are making our alliance even more important. In truth, we are in the midst of a period of unprecedented upheaval around the globe. The rules-based international order that Australia and the United States have worked so hard to develop and defend over the past seven decades is under serious assault as a result of multiple challenges, in multiple places. In the Middle East, the collapse of state authority in several countries has created a vast swath of ungoverned territory—and a violent, radicalizing struggle for power, both among rival groups within these countries, and between different countries within the region. The two biggest beneficiaries of this dynamic have been Sunni extremists like the Islamic State and al Qaeda, on the one side, and the Islamic Republic of Iran and its proxies, on the other. Both have exploited the chaos, and both have exacerbated the chaos, expanding and entrenching their respective positions across the Middle East. The result is that we see the creation of multiple terrorist sanctuaries on a scale unparalleled since 9/11—only now, they are just a stone’s throw from Europe. At the same time, we also see the specter of a kind of new Iranian empire—in which Tehran trains, funds, equips, and arms extremist proxy groups that then seek to become the dominant element in various neighboring Arab countries.
In Europe, twenty five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we are seeing the return of history with a vengeance, as Russia under Vladimir Putin has used military force to redraw international borders, grab pieces of neighboring countries, and attempt to reassert a sphere of influence. Although Russia’s aggression has been focused on its near abroad, the consequences have been global in scope. The despicable shoot-down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 by separatists armed and supported by Russia—and Russia’s ongoing efforts to thwart an international investigation of this atrocity, in which so many innocent Australians lost their lives—is only the most graphic illustration of this.
You're joking, right? All of that information, besides being totally false, is a blatant inversion of reality, but certainly anything coming from an organization headed by Petraeus would be total bullshit.
Petraeus Lowy Institute_A day or two ago
ReplyDeleteNow the fact that the United States and Australia work so well together is
a good thing, because events in the world are making our alliance even
more important.
In truth, we are in the midst of a period of unprecedented upheaval
around the globe. The rules-based international order that Australia and
the United States have worked so hard to develop and defend over the
past seven decades is under serious assault as a result of multiple
challenges, in multiple places.
In the Middle East, the collapse of state authority in several countries
has created a vast swath of ungoverned territory—and a violent,
radicalizing struggle for power, both among rival groups within these
countries, and between different countries within the region. The two
biggest beneficiaries of this dynamic have been Sunni extremists like the
Islamic State and al Qaeda, on the one side, and the Islamic Republic of
Iran and its proxies, on the other. Both have exploited the chaos, and
both have exacerbated the chaos, expanding and entrenching their
respective positions across the Middle East.
The result is that we see the creation of multiple terrorist sanctuaries on
a scale unparalleled since 9/11—only now, they are just a stone’s throw
from Europe. At the same time, we also see the specter of a kind of new
Iranian empire—in which Tehran trains, funds, equips, and arms
extremist proxy groups that then seek to become the dominant element
in various neighboring Arab countries.
In Europe, twenty five years after the collapse of the Soviet Union, we
are seeing the return of history with a vengeance, as Russia under
Vladimir Putin has used military force to redraw international borders,
grab pieces of neighboring countries, and attempt to reassert a sphere of
influence. Although Russia’s aggression has been focused on its near
abroad, the consequences have been global in scope. The despicable
shoot-down of Malaysian Airlines Flight 17 by separatists armed and
supported by Russia—and Russia’s ongoing efforts to thwart an
international investigation of this atrocity, in which so many innocent
Australians lost their lives—is only the most graphic illustration of this.
@Don Damore
ReplyDeleteYou're joking, right? All of that information, besides being totally false, is a blatant inversion of reality, but certainly anything coming from an organization headed by Petraeus would be total bullshit.
Don Damore- Profession - agent troll
ReplyDeleteI thought you'd like to know what the ex general was saying.
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