Nine sides of pure hell: Farewell, Europe...

According to the Washington Post, it is clear from the document that the US prioritizes deterring China over &quot;taking risks&quot; in Europe and other parts of the world.The document, entitled &quot;Interim Strategic Guidelines for National Defense&quot;, in certain parts, according to the American newspaper, literally quotes the report of the conservative think-tank &quot;Heritage Foundation&quot;.The US plan details President Donald Trump&#39;s vision of how to prepare for and win a potential war with China, how to protect the US from &quot;threats from its immediate environment&quot;, as well as the question of how to control the Panama Canal and Greenland.Is the world ready for this?As for Europe, the Pentagon, taking into account personnel and resource constraints, will pressure allies in the Old Continent, the Middle East, and East Asia to increase defense spending and take a major role in deterring Russia, Iran, and North Korea.While the Biden administration&#39;s 2022 National Defense Strategy emphasized alliances in the fight against Russian aggression, Hegseth&#39;s directive states that NATO should shoulder a &quot;much larger&quot; share of that burden, as the US will be reluctant to contribute forces, given that its priorities lie elsewhere.Nine-page instructionsHegseth&#39;s nine-page directive acknowledges that the US would provide significant, if any, support to Europe in the event of Russian aggression, noting that Washington intends to pressure NATO allies to assume primary responsibility for the region&#39;s defense.&quot;The US will support Europe only by nuclear deterrence of Russia, and NATO should count exclusively on American forces that are not necessary for homeland defense or deterring China,&quot; the new US doctrine states.A significant increase in Europe&#39;s contribution to its own defense burden, according to Hegseth&#39;s guidance, will also ensure that NATO can reliably deter or defeat Russian aggression.China was characterized as the biggest threat to the United States by the first Trump administration, as well as by the one after it - Joe Biden, which is why preparations for a conflict in the Pacific began.Instructions to the Pentagon under Hegseth&#39;s leadership see a potential Chinese invasion of Taiwan as the biggest threat and redirect US military efforts, including base building, towards the Indo-Pacific region.The Pentagon&#39;s new guidelines also include increasing the presence of forces through submarines, bombers, unmanned ships and special units of the Army and Marine Corps, as well as a greater focus on bombs that destroy fortified and underground targets.At the same time, Trump and members of his administration have criticized Taiwan for underinvesting in defense and have insisted that the island increase its military spending to as much as 10 percent of its GDP. That is significantly more than the US and its European allies allocate.

Nine sides of pure hell: Farewell, Europe...

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