Mainstream Media Hopping Mad Trump National Security Memo Doesn’t Mention Russia

Wednesday, December 21, 2016
By Paul Martin

SputnikNews.com
21.12.2016

On Tuesday, Foreign Policy published what it said was a leaked memo outlining President-elect Trump’s defense priorities. The memo, dated December 1, makes no mention of Russia, a fact which has enraged neocon policymakers and Russophobic mainstream media commentators to no end.

Instead of pushing brinksmanship with Moscow, the memo identifies defeating Daesh (ISIL/ISIS), creating a new cybersecurity strategy, building a stronger military, and finding and eliminating defense inefficiencies as the US’s main national security priorities.

Concerned by these priorities, Foreign Policy made the case that Russia, not these other issues, was the main threat to US national security. Its evidence? That “for years, top cabinet officials at the Defense Department and the intelligence community cited Russia as the foremost threat” to America, “because of its vast nuclear arsenal, sophisticated cyber capabilities, recently modernized military, and willingness to challenge the United States and its allies in the Middle East, Eastern Europe and other regions.”

In other words, the argument seems to be that treating Russia is a threat is now the norm, so that’s how things should continue in the future.

The Rest…HERE

Leave a Reply

Join the revolution in 2018. Revolution Radio is 100% volunteer ran. Any contributions are greatly appreciated. God bless!

Follow us on Twitter