{"id":383769,"date":"2018-11-05T12:10:50","date_gmt":"2018-11-05T11:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trumps-strategy-lewrockwell\/"},"modified":"2018-11-05T12:10:50","modified_gmt":"2018-11-05T11:10:50","slug":"trumps-strategy-lewrockwell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/trumps-strategy-lewrockwell\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump\u2019s Strategy &#8211; LewRockwell"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t                            \t<!-- S3 Cache --><!-- S3:S3:Non-Original -->\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p><strong>The war in Syria has shown that when it comes to conventional weapons, the US Armed Forces are no longer the top dog. Russia is now in control. Moscow has brought a new resource onto the war pitch: the most recent generation of hypersonic nuclear carriers. This introduction should see Russia getting ahead of the United States in nuclear warfare. Unwilling to lag behind and seeking to make up lost ground, the Pentagon intends to profit \u2013 in as much as time remains for it to do so\u2014 from its quantitative superiority, to impose its choices on Russia and China.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The influential Council on Foreign Relations\u2019 journal, Foreign Affairs, has just crudely exposed the current debate on a nuclear war that the US could let unfurl against Russia and China\u00a0[<a id=\"nh2\" class=\"spip_note\" title=\"\u201cWhat\u2019s Inside. Nearly three-quarters of a century into the atomic age, it is\u00a0(...)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article203725.html#nb2\" rel=\"footnote\">2<\/a>].<\/p>\n<p>First, there is the article by Elbridge Colby, one of the main authors of the Pentagon\u2019s National Defense Strategy\u00a0[<a id=\"nh3\" class=\"spip_note\" title=\"\u00abLa nueva estrategia de defensa del Pent\u00e1gono entierra cualquier cooperaci\u00f3n\u00a0(...)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article203725.html#nb3\" rel=\"footnote\">3<\/a>]. This declares that the war currently being waged against terrorism will come to an end and the Great Powers will once again compete inter se. The motto is: \u201cif you want peace, prepare yourself for nuclear war\u201d\u00a0[<a id=\"nh4\" class=\"spip_note\" title=\"\u201cIf You Want Peace, Prepare for Nuclear War. A Strategy for the New\u00a0(...)\" href=\"http:\/\/www.voltairenet.org\/article203725.html#nb4\" rel=\"footnote\">4<\/a>].<span class=\"amazon-element-wrapper-custom align-right\"><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-med-image\"><span class=\"amazon-image-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Racket-Antiwar-Americas-Decorated\/dp\/1503081575?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1503081575\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com\/images\/I\/414IZegJtiL.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"amazon-image amazon-image-medium\"\/><\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-title\"><span class=\"appip-title\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/War-Racket-Antiwar-Americas-Decorated\/dp\/1503081575?SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;tag=lrc18-20&amp;linkCode=xm2&amp;camp=2025&amp;creative=165953&amp;creativeASIN=1503081575\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">War is a Racket: The A&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-author\">Smedley Darlington Butler<\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-lowest-used\"><span class=\"appip-label label-lowest-used\">Best Price: <\/span>$6.45<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-formatted-price\"><span class=\"appip-label label-formatted-price\">Buy New <\/span>$3.79<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-disclaimer-new\"><span style=\"display:block;color:#888;font-size: .80em; padding: 0 0 3px 0;\">(as of 02:15 EST &#8211; <span style=\"cursor:pointer;\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on Amazon.com at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/span><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"amazon-element-button\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/aws\/cart\/add.html?AssociateTag=lrc18-20&amp;SubscriptionId=AKIAI63WS3YGA3Y5U2QA&amp;ASIN.1=1503081575&amp;Quantity.1=1\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/wp-content\/mu-plugins\/amazon-ad-link-lr\/img\/buy-from-tan.gif\" border=\"0\"\/><\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Colby, Joint Under Secretary in charge of strategy and developing the force, provides: all confrontation with Russia and China could become nuclear if during the battle that is becoming tougher and more uncertain, each fighter was tempted to seize his nuclear sword to test the resolve of his adversary, to rise to the challenge, or quite simply to be able to continue the fight.<\/p>\n<p>Colby\u2019s logic is that the best way to avoid a nuclear war is to get ready to deliver a limited one (sic); and the US is ready to carry out effective, contained&#8230;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lewrockwell.com\/2018\/11\/no_author\/trumps-strategy-against-russia-and-china\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The war in Syria has shown that when it comes to conventional weapons, the US Armed Forces are no longer the top dog. Russia is now in control. Moscow has brought a new resource onto the war pitch: the most recent generation of hypersonic nuclear carriers. 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