Kamis, 30 Oktober 2014

U.S. Secretary of Defense Hagel Talks About The Threats And Long Term Challenges Facing The United States

 

Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel: Get Used to Endless War -- David A. Graham, The Atlantic 

From ISIS to climate change, the Pentagon chief says, the threats that face the United States are long-term challenges. Sometimes it feels like what's happening now, at any given moment, is bigger, more important, worse, and more dangerous than before.

Luckily, that often turns out to be incorrect: Today's news is tomorrow's hazy memory, and what once seemed like an existential threat is now nothing more than an unpleasant recollection. It sure seems like there are frightening events happening everywhere today—from ISIS to Ebola, Russian imperialism to Chinese saber-rattling, climate change to congressional dysfunction.

But is it really worse, or will this, too, pass?

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Update #1: Hagel Offers Perspective on ‘Historic, Defining Times’ -- US Department of Defense Update #2: Hagel: 'I Think We Are Seeing a New World Order' -- Breitbart

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