U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis showed reserve about the existence of military options on North Korea that might spare Seoul from a brutal counterattack but declined to say what kind of options he was talking about or whether they involved the use of lethal force. Asked whether there were any military options the United States…
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Mattis holds Obama responsible for Afghanistan setback
“I hope you understand that I am not criticizing you, but there are problems within this administration,” Senator McCain told Defence Secretary James (Jim) Mattis, commenting on the situaiton in Afghanistan. “I was confident that in the first 30 to 60 days we were going to have a strategy from which to start working.” McCain:…
Gen.Mattis dual-track approach towards Russia
NATO HQ, Brussels. In his frist speech to NATO allies US Defense Secretary Gen.Mattis defined the strategy towards Russia, reminiscent of the end of Cold War, and hopes for better world everyone had. However in 2014 Russia used force to “alter the borders of one of the sovereign neighbors”, he reminded, also mentionng some allies,…
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