Pentagon Warns That America Is Enabling Putin's Plan for Global Dominance
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/pentagon-warns-america-enabling-putin-plan-global-dominance-854009/July 1, 2019 4:58PM ET
Pentagon Warns That America Is Enabling Putin’s Plan for Global Dominance
Meanwhile, Trump thinks “Western-style liberalism” is a reference to California
By Ryan Bort
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But Russia’s continued push to undermine America’s institutions is no laughing matter, as the Pentagon detailed in a 150-page assessment provided to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in May. The paper, which was obtained by Politico, describes the ways in which the United States is failing to combat — and thus enabling — Russia’s far-reaching “grand strategy” to establish itself as a dominant global superpower. “[F]uture confrontations between major powers may most often occur below the level of armed conflict,” Navy Rear Admiral Jeffrey J. Czerewko writes in the preface to the report. “In this environment, economic competition, influence campaigns, paramilitary actions, cyber intrusions, and political warfare will likely become more prevalent. Such confrontations increase the risk of misperception and miscalculation, between powers with significant military strength, which may then increase the risk of armed conflict.”
“In this context,” Czerewko adds, “the US capability to influence the outcomes of both global and regional events must be reconsidered.”
The report’s executive summary identifies three goals of Russia’s “gray zone” campaign to use subtle, non-military efforts subvert democracies and exercise influence: 1) to [r]eclaim and secure Russia’s influence over former Soviet nations; 2) to “[r]egain worldwide recognition as a ‘great power'”; and 3) to portray itself as a “reliable actor” in order to “gain economic, military, and political influence over nations worldwide and to refine the liberalist rules and norms that currently govern the world order.” The nation’s interference in America’s election is only one element of this campaign. Russia is also coordinating efforts to sow disinformation in Latin America, Africa, Asia, and Europe; engage in espionage; and execute other multi-faceted acts of “hybrid warfare.”
According to Anna Borshchevskaya, a senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy who contributed to the report, these clear-cut goals put Russia at an advantage over the U.S., which lacks a cohesive narrative as it struggles to combat, or even identify, the threat. “We still have a story to tell but because we are so polarized and are doubting ourselves we have a narrative problem,” she told Politico. “Russia does not.”
According to the report, Borshchevskaya believes not only that Russia feels that the downfall of the U.S. is integral to Russia’s ability to accomplish its objectives. “The Russian leadership’s worldview is zero-sum; it believes that in order for Russia to win, the US must lose,” the report reads, in reference to Borshchevskaya’s contention.
Outside of the lack of a narrative, the report, which was authored by over 20 national security experts inside and outside of the Pentagon, explains that America’s “greatest weakness” in thwarting Russia’s efforts is a lack of coordination among government agencies. “The US democratic, federal system of government hinders the ability to effectively plan, coordinate, and execute a comprehensive strategy across all federal government agencies with equities in succeeding the gray zone,” the report reads. “To accomplish this type of planning and strategy development would require decisions to be made, and funding to be coordinated, across all branches of the federal government.”
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Chump is simply looking the other way while these creeps are all screwing us.
Make no mistake, the Repukes would be doing this even if Chump were NOT the pResident.
... anything to win elections and stay in power. Anything to keep the gravy train going.
Sure they hate Chump but it doesn't matter. Pootie figured out how to make the Repukes jump and it has made all the difference. With the Repukes there is no high road.
that the Pentagon has a direct line to its "Commander-In-Chief"? Congress? Doesn't it?
... after that, it's been a cakewalk.
is failing to protect our Republic against a declared enemy of democracy (hell Vlad even said to the their faces this week). The GOP is weak on National Defense and Alliances that help protect our Country. The GOP weakness should be hammered home again and again by our Candidates.
The GOP failure in the Iranian debacle has only made things less stable in the ME. The Kushner plan is as substantial as a Trump steak. The cave on Chinese technology and the pampering of the North Korean despot is deplorable.
He's definitely not strong enough to be Oddjob (Goldfinger) or Stamper (Tomorrow Never Dies) and he's not smart enough to be Boris (Goldeneye). So hmm... maybe he's more like Mini Me from the Austin Powers flicks. 
