The rise of a dynamic, integrated and dominant Asia in this century is inevitable and inexorable. Any attempt to retard or thwart it by military force from outside the continent will produce catastrophic consequences.
Since 2001 the Pentagon has been steadily moving troops and equipment from bases in Germany and Italy to Eastern Europe in its drive to the east and the south.
Which direction the next Kyrgyz government could affect U.S. and NATO plans for the largest military offensive of the Afghan war scheduled to begin in two months in Kandahar province.
Why does the world's most powerful nation continue to increase its military budget, now over $1.2 trillion a year? What threat is all this supposed to counter?
Europe united under the EU and NATO is to be strong enough to contain, isolate and increasingly confront Russia as the central component of U.S. plans for control of Eurasia and the world...
Insular, comparatively isolated, unthreatened Australia has no legitimate reason to amass such an array of offensive, advanced weapons for use on land and sea and in the air.
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