A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday urged the US to rebuild a correct perception of China, adopt a rational and pragmatic China policy, and take concret
A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday urged the US to rebuild a correct perception of China, adopt a rational and pragmatic China policy, and take concret
A Chinese military spokesperson on Thursday urged the US to rebuild a correct perception of China, adopt a rational and pragmatic China policy, and take concret
spending since the cold war, 2.2% of our gdp now goes on defence spending, and he rightly raises the question of our relationship with france, our military relationship with france, again, mr speaker, is rock solid, and we stand shoulder to shoulder with the french, whether in the sahel where we are running a joint operation against terrorists in mali, or whether in estonia, where we are, where we have the largest nato operation. now, mr speaker, he asked recently about the jobs that this great project will unquestionably produce. what i can say is that within 18 months there will be a scoping exercise to
andrea. all of this being said, this level of cooperation and the level of coordination between the military and the taliban in kabul during a short period of time, the defense officials still, there is a lot of skepticism that this will lead to an ongoing or enduring, military to military relationship here. i asked general frank mckenzie earlier this week and he said it still remains to be seen, but he did talk about how the taliban would have their hands full going forward. they led thousands of fighters out of prisons as they rolled through the country over the last few weeks. there are now 2,000 isis-k fighters, hard core isis fighters in afghanistan. general mckenzie saying the taliban will have a tough time and they will reap what they sow by letting them out of their prisons, andrea. we just had a briefing from a senior state department official and i want to give more context to this explaining how the taliban had this external perimeter. so the u.s. military is