True, and as Commander-in-Chief of the armed forces, he can move them wherever he wants. We will be seeing a smaller American footprint around the world, not just one area.
We really can make cuts, for example, do we really need over 8,300 MBT's (?) when we there is no threat to western Europe...
I suspect that there will be some increases. I think funding prioritises will be shifted, however. Maybe down the road, if President Trump can reduce our involvement with NATO, far east security, there will be cuts.
I did read it carefully. You didn't. Again, YOU stated...
Which is absolutely, categorically, FALSE!
WHERE in your own source does it say that the Japanese Empire surrendered to the Allied powers, BEFORE the bombing of Hiroshima or Nagasaki? Provide proof, or admit your statement is a...
Honestly, your post is so full of complete fantasy that I am not going to take the time to go through all of it but let me just pick one statement you made...
You know, if I believed the amount of anti-American fiction you do, I would hate America too. I'm not sure whether to be bewildered by...
I think the point of this issue is that a new international game has been invented. It goes like this...
1. Question: What country, person, or politician, do we hate and despise and think the cause of all evil in the world?
2. Answer: Country or person "x", of course!
3. Question: Who...
First off, the 2016 date on your link is just the date of that page, NOT the communiqué. Your link is nothing more than a reposting of the original 1979 communiqué language that was the very reason, that the Six Assurance were given to Taiwan, to clarify the USA position. Secondly...
That is simply, flat-out wrong. The United States very specifically, does not recognize the PRC's "sovereignty over Taiwan".
The two main documents that outline the US position regarding relations with Taiwan are..
Taiwan Relation's Act ...which provides...
"...for Taiwan to be treated...
Well considering that India's population is 1,327,000,000 and Pakistan's is 192,827,000, not to mention all the other regional countries watching, it's not surprising.
It's not only highly unusual for such a recently retired general to be Defence Secretary but he will be teamed up with the new National Security Advisor who is also a general, Michael Flynn.
Gen. James "mad dog" Mattis-USMC DefSec designee
Gen. Michael Flynn-US Army NSC designee.
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